Terry Flood Poet Limerick

For Goodness Sake

If you poke an alligator with a snake
Or you dance the foxtrot on a garden rake
Or you kiss a crocodile
Cos you love its big wide smile
Then you’ve lived a lot too long for goodness sake

If your tea time treat is poison ivy cake
If you paid a gangster off with cash that’s fake
If you just topped up your gin
With some nitro glycerin
Then you’ve lived a lot too long for goodness sake

If you pour hot chilli powder on your steak
Or you ice skate on a barely frozen lake
If you throw a punch or two
At someone bigger than you
Then you’ve lived a lot too long for goodness sake

So why don’t you sit at home and learn to bake
Learn to cook a three course meal or carrot cake
You could practice origami
Til you drive yourself half barmy
Then you’ll know you've lived too long for goodness sake

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Gershon Wolf June 14, 2023 at 7:51 PM Another grand guffawer, Mr. Good Humor Man! Thanks, Terry! :) Gershon Terry Flood June 16, 2023 at 4:45 PM Thanks, GW. AS I said to Ilene… this was meant to be a single stanza, but, hey… this is me! Terry

Joanna Daniel June 14, 2023 at 1:21 AM Humorous ones, Terry:) had fun:) Terry Flood June 16, 2023 at 4:46 PM Thanks, Joanna, appreciated. Terry

David Fisher June 13, 2023 at 6:07 PM You had me at carrot cake! This is an awesome limerick(s). Terry Flood June 16, 2023 at 4:47 PM Carrot Cake… yum! Thanks David. Terry

Ilene Bauer June 13, 2023 at 2:13 PM your humor is front and center in this one, terry, and i enjoyed it immensely! Terry Flood June 13, 2023 at 2:16 PM Thanks, Ilene. Started out as a single Limerick, but, you know me… I rarely do concise! Glad you enjoyed. Terry

Lin Lane June 13, 2023 at 6:57 AM I'll stay clear of gators and crocs. Origami is too tedious and no chili powder on my steak, and I'll not throw the first punch, but I'm far from having lived too long to enjoy simple pleasures. A fun write with your monorhyme limericks, Terry! Terry Flood June 13, 2023 at 2:18 PM Thanks, Lin, just a batty tale to fill an inspiration void. Terry