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Dad's Worst Nightmare

What’s life’s punishment most severe That oft fills these old eyes with tear? While fathers wonder At rest six feet under Their children’s future is not clear

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 8/4/2013 5:52:00 PM
kids, humans, life ;}
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Date: 4/15/2013 7:45:00 AM
You take the limerick to new levels...my hats off to you.
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Date: 12/5/2012 2:42:00 PM
awww shucks, it's a sad limerick!! Hope to have time one day to see more than just one. seems like I am always racing to get through my comments these days.
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Date: 1/31/2010 7:12:00 AM
That is a torment for both mother and father when their prosterity is going in the wrong direction and even worse to think that they die and leave things unsettled. Keep the creative pen flowing. Sara
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