When you're burgling, awareness is best;
When he saw her, he thought 'twas in jest.
Forgetting the shih tzu,
Or Granny's jujitsu,
Both his shirt and some charges were pressed.
Theft and laundering just do not pay,
Not when Granny is holding the spray.
Got starched for his error,
He stiffened in terror;
Slapped with irons, they took him away.
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for the Limerick Poetry Contest
sponsored by Lisa YY
written on 07/15/2022
With lightest hand
and heavy heart
My pen runs dry,
bereft and stark
That never given,
I’m doomed to steal
The grandest theft
—my words conceal
(Stealing From Laura (Muse): March, 2021)
Borrow from the least,
but steal from the best
The larceny of endowment
—your legacy’s quest
(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2019)
creature larcenous
rainbow cries her colors melt
on butterfly wings
haiku today butterfly larceny/haiku copyright (C) rajat kanti chakrabarty 11/26/2014
TAKE A LEFT ON “LARCENY LANE”
Yes
It’s still me
No one was able to kill me
Not thus far anyway
I don’t care about age, gender, smart or dumb
So long as they could afford top of the line rum
I ring many bells
Many bells have I rung
I’ve been ringing bells since I was far too young
So I ring the bell to a ragged shanty
A stick thin old lady and a man in misery answered the door
I told them how I was starving and SWORE I was poor
I took their funds even though they had no money for DEBTS
BUT I AIN’T A PHOOL WHO MAKES INDISCRIMINATE BETS
One must learn to at all times to be discreet
And if they catch me stealing I just get to meet old friends IN JAIL OR sleep on the street
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