Taking Stock

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Welcome to our superstore

There’s everything you’ll ever need and more

Essential items are on display

Such as all the ingredients for Pancake Day

We’ll sell you lemons, sugar, eggs

But be aware we're running out of flour bags

We've sandwiches and ornate bowls

Alas, there are no toilet rolls 

There’s Easter eggs and potted plants

and frozen peas and underpants

And barbecues and packs of beer,

(Remember summer's almost here)

There’s ready meals to sink a ship

Buy one get one free, but be quick

There’s cod and hake and Dover sole,

But we’ve completely out of toilet roll

We do though, stock the Daily Mail

And other tabloids are on sale

And you can purchase all you need

From vegetables to packs of seed

There's a hundred different kinds of bread

Or you could try our cakes instead

But some things are beyond our control

For instance, there’s no toilet roll

Our goods are neatly piled in stacks

Select your items from the racks

Our special offers wait for you

From kitchenware to ladies shoes

Slashing prices you can’t ignore

Your trolley full, no room for more

But the panic buyers took their toll

We’re sorry, there’s no toilet roll

Steve Wheeler © 12 April, 2020