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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

Copyright © Terry Flood | Year Posted 2023

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Gershon Wolf Date: 6/14/2023 7:51:00 PM Another grand guffawer, Mr. Good Humor Man! Thanks, Terry! :) Gershon Login to Reply Terry Flood Date: 6/16/2023 4:45:00 PM Thanks, GW. AS I said to Ilene… this was meant to be a single stanza, but, hey… this is me! Terry

Joanna Daniel Date: 6/14/2023 1:21:00 AM Humorous ones, Terry:) had fun:) Login to Reply Terry Flood Date: 6/16/2023 4:46:00 PM Thanks, Joanna, appreciated. Terry

David Fisher Date: 6/13/2023 6:07:00 PM You had me at carrot cake! This is an awesome limerick(s). Login to Reply Terry Flood Date: 6/16/2023 4:47:00 PM Carrot Cake… yum! Thanks David. Terry

Ilene Bauer Date: 6/13/2023 2:13:00 PM your humor is front and center in this one, terry, and i enjoyed it immensely! Login to Reply Terry Flood Date: 6/13/2023 2:16:00 PM Thanks, Ilene. Started out as a single Limerick, but, you know me… I rarely do concise! Glad you enjoyed. Terry

Lin Lane Date: 6/13/2023 6:57:00 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! Login to Reply Terry Flood Date: 6/13/2023 2:18:00 PM Thanks, Lin, just a batty tale to fill an inspiration void. Terry