Jack Ellison Poet Limerick

The Pearly Gates Keeper

Conversed today with my ninety-year-old sister
Now that's longevity, perhaps I should whisper
Case pearly gatekeeper's asleep
The great benefits she'd reap
Could be the gatekeeper might be into the liquor

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Silent One June 29, 2018 at 5:49 AM Oh wow... you have a sister who is in her 90's... Jack Ellison June 29, 2018 at 6:40 AM YUP!!! Last of ten... others are all up there looking down! Well, a couple of bad seeds might have gone in the other direction!!! LOL

Lyric Man June 28, 2018 at 3:06 PM More fun with Jack (not Daniels) Jack Ellison June 28, 2018 at 3:14 PM Never touch the stuff but in my younger years, I was a gin and tonic man! Got real silly when I overindulged!!! MUCHO FUN!!! LOL

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart June 28, 2018 at 7:35 AM Giggle, oops, not too loudly, my Gram's just turned 98, shhhh xomo Jack Ellison June 28, 2018 at 3:11 PM So is my sister... her hubby's 93 and both STILL PLAY GOLF!!! Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart June 28, 2018 at 8:21 AM She's shrunk and brittle, but still sharp as a tack. <3 Jack Ellison June 28, 2018 at 7:51 AM Holy crap!!!! One of my sisters made it to 94... WOW, 98!!! Offer her my good wishes for a long life!!! XOX