The Etiquette of Prehensile Tails

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My limericks, with commentary, are collected in Original Clean Limericks available from Amazon.

For anyone who knows who Emily Post was, I was wondering what she would have thought about prehensile tails.

If medicine gives us a tail, The proper should not let it flail. It should be coiled tight, Though tea-holding's right, Or holding the rudder to sail.

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Jacqueline R. Mendoza

Date: 5/26/2025 4:14:00 PM

Hi Mr. Jerrold, Limerick I knew it's a 5 lines poetry however I don't follow the other definition. I've been into spreading the word of Eternal God. I invite u to visit my poetry hp and read from Eternal and work ur way up to its recent. I forgot how to write personal poetry and just going back to it. Thanks in advance ~Jac