Rough Justice (limerick)

David Gabriel Caplan 1948 (Glasgow)



A lady whose husband lay dying
said, "There's really no point in me crying,
he's unfaithful and rude
says I cook lousy food;
guess which part of him I'm now frying?"
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Submitted on September 29, 2020

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABBA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 171
Words 33
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5

David Gabriel Caplan

Brought up by a Jewish father and a French Catholic mother. Both of whom relegated religion to the category of " fairy tales." I thank them for their wisdom. I have had several interesting jobs in my life, both in the UK and in Australia, but the last 27 years before I retired were spent as a University Print Manager. I have been writing poetry since a child. My main interest is in Humour and Flash Fiction. I have one book to my credit, with two others which I am too lazy to do anything about! more…

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