Some Banking Hanky Panky

A sweet young bank teller named Doris
Had a crush on her co-worker, Boris.
But one day while at work
The young clerk went berserk
When she caught Boris banging the manager, Morris.

Doris' secret admirer, Dan Danson,
Was swarthy, tall, and roguishly handsome.
But the next day while at work,
This clerk, too, went berserk,
Took an ATM hostage and held it for ransom.

Dan was embarrassed, didn't want to be caught,
And was going to shut himself up in the vault,
But Boris told him to run,
While Morris called 9-1-1,
And Doris flatly declared that it wasn't her fault.

When the S.W.A.T. team arrived on the scene,
They found everything calm and serene.
Boris told the S.W.A.T. captain that Dan
Had taken both Doris and Morris' van
And fled with the cash from the money machine.

Doris' version, when caught, was more exculpatory
And dripping with details more lurid than gory.
She'd plotted with Dan to create this diversion
To rescue her from that den of perversion,
And now Boris, and Morris, and Doris, and Dan
Are suing each other for the rights to the story.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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May 12, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Ha! Now thats a great imagination and comical genius!
Slaughter Avatar
May 14, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Too kind, S O. Thank you.
Wolf Avatar
May 10, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Ha ha ha ha ha. Love that ending, Jim. So apropos for today's warped society... Just read that someone's making a TV series -- a whole TV series! -- out of Shohei Otani's fleecing at the hands of his soon-to-be-jailed 'financial advisor.' Can you believe it? 'Theater of the Absurd,' I say. ~ Gershon
Slaughter Avatar
May 11, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Thanks, G. From what I've been seeing lately on TV, etc., lately, writers are scraping the bottom of the barrel for new script ideas. "Absurd", indeed!
Lane Avatar
May 10, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Ha, Jim...what a storyteller you are, and in Limerick form!!! Def a movie and told from the perspective of each of the characters. Filmed in their jail cells.
Slaughter Avatar
May 11, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Thanks, Lin. A little "cinéma verité", perhaps.
Bauer Avatar
May 10, 2024 at 9:46 AM
What a fun and very entertaining poem, Jim! Well done!
Slaughter Avatar
May 10, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Thanks, Ilene. Do you think it would make a better movie or mini-series?
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