World’s First! — The Dreaded Triple Decker Limerick … With Cheese
Betcha can’t read just one!
There once was a burger, con queso*
Bad to the bone, or “el hueso”**
I ate it right up
I had it for sup
Then sank like a stone, worth a peso
It’s as bad as a dinner can be
That pile of meat, count ’em … three
I should switch to a salad
Then go write a ballad
Or try healing myself with green tea
Some meat, a big part of our diet
But vegans aghast, “why not try it?”
No cows will you kill
And you’ll live longer still
If you switch to a vegetable riot
You can blame Terry Trueman — and me, I guess — for this excess.
JK JK Terry, but I had to rise to the challenge.
I ran over Terry’s toes with my bicycle by failing to tag him in my first-ever double limerick and prompt response. This zany brand of over indulgence can be found here 👇 if that sort of thing interests you.
When I crowed in the “Tagged Again” story that it contained the world’s first “double limerick,” Terry — an editor of the excellent pub, The Haven — snorted, “[that’s] B/C Everyone else KNOWS better!!!!” But … published it anyway.
I of course shot back, “Excellent point. Now I’m tempted to do a triple, then a quadruple and so forth :-)”
So, here’s the triple as promised. A quadruple is brewing.
Writing this I wonder, will the Trueman:Burg dust-up become as famous as the Hatfield:McCoy Feud? Time will tell.
Meanwhile, feast on the delectable stack of stuff above and chime in with your own responses, poetry, prose, and other dross. 🤣 Terry Trueman Zachary Burg Carlos Garbiras Conquering Cognitions kurt gasbarra Patrick M. Ohana Shanna Loga Melissa Bee Elise Paxson ☕️ Juliano Righetto Bhavna Narula Kim Zuch Tracey Donnelly Katrina Paulson Dan Cadmus Lee Ameka Lori Lamothe Kylie Craft Kyrie Gray Suzanne V. Tanner Daniel Burg Kyomi O'Connor Melanie J. Roz Warren Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她) Yana Bostongirl Christopher Robin Toya Qualls-Barnette Consider lowering your standards and sending your fun stuff to “Doctor Funny.”
*con queso — with cheese
**el hueso — the bone