Robert Makes His Will

Robert Makes His Will	

By Elton Camp

Someday I’ll depart this time of strife.
My will distributes what I had in life.
Ere long I’ll be bones and rotten.
By all my friends well forgotten.

My wife gets a large monthly ration.
If she fulfills just a single stipulation.
She must quickly take another spouse,
Stay married, and live in the same house.

It seems a bit strange to you?
This is what I now hope to do.
Few will mourn my passing, but yet
One man my death will sure regret.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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November 12, 2010 at 5:54 PM
Gosh, you bring such a great new voice to Poetry Soup. We have a few excellent humor writers here. Check out C.L. Thornton, Gerard Keogh, Joyce Johnson and Joe Flach. I was really cracking up when I got to the last line! Excellent sense of humor. Hope the next time I sponsor a limerick contest, you'll give it a shot. Best wishes, Carolyn
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