Blowing Ma's Social Security Check

When Ma got her social security check

    To the Cripple Creek casinos she'd trek

         Coins passed through her greedy paws

             To feed the slots' gaping maws

                  Leaving Pa peeved wanting to wring her neck

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
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Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Neels Avatar
January 12, 2012 at 11:56 AM
lol, I hope Pa didn't wring her neck Bob :) enjoyed this witty write of yours. "trek" is also a word in my home language Afrikaans ;) enjoyed this. Hope Vera are doing okay.. tc Wilma
Horne Avatar
January 9, 2012 at 3:12 PM
LOL, I just had to read another of your limericks before signing off!
Song Avatar
January 8, 2012 at 7:21 PM
There is a bright side to this story, Bob. Look at it this way,,it was her money to blow in the first place. At least Hussain can't waste it again!!! Catch my drift? Congrats on a doubly successful day for you. Go Tim B!!!!!! Yeee haaaaa! Gwendolen
Shuaibu Avatar
January 6, 2012 at 1:02 PM
It is a very, very nice piece. And thanks for that wonderful comment. I am honestly humbled.
Arno Avatar
January 6, 2012 at 10:12 AM
Know quite a few like this Bob. Very good write my friend. Give us more! Best regards, Jon
Pettit Avatar
January 5, 2012 at 9:53 PM
The busiest time of the month in the slots department of any casino is the first week. That is when all the social security and welfare money is brought in by those patrons. A great limerick, Bob. These days, the machines don't take coins or tokens. There are not even coin slots in those contraptions. They take in paper money, and payoffs are paid in the form of a paper ticket with a bar code on it.
Dietrich Avatar
January 5, 2012 at 9:35 PM
haha, that dang MA!!! It's really a disease that can destroy good families!
Sivey Avatar
January 5, 2012 at 8:35 PM
Ha ha, clever write Bob! I did enjoy this a lot! Poor (literally) Pa, getting the shaft on this trip! I guess he doesn't get a say on HER SS check. Wonderful poem, awesome work!!
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