Minimum Wage

There was a young woman with daughter

She worked more hours than she oughta

Worked her fingers to the bone

Needed a payday loan

To pay for the shoes that she bought her
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Williams Avatar
April 23, 2016 at 7:25 AM
Brilliant Limerick---great rhyming Howard-----John
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April 23, 2016 at 11:58 AM
Thank you John.
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