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Count Sheep

The Latin words sopor quies
Sound just like Hebrew spor keves !
    So to help you sleep deep,
    We now tell you "count sheep !"
That pun's for a polyglot, yes?

Copyright © Israel Cohen | Year Posted 2017

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Date: 8/28/2017 4:37:00 AM

VERY clever word play - I had to google to understand the full meaning of some of the poem... we learn something new everyday!:-) Great limerick:-) hugs jan xx

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