Anticipation has inspired me to write a limerix:
The author's cousin did not do the crime,_______________
But the police saw his teeth & made him their prime,
An expert agreed that Snaggletooth bit her
And must have been the one that slit her,
So the jury said that he had to do the time.
Earlier draft:
- The author's cousin didn't do the crime,
But Police lined him up as the prime,
Expert said Snaggletooth killed her
(Though someone else had chilled her)
And Jury made Jim's cousin do the time.
I like the limrix! Too bad Jim's cousin had to go to death row to inspire it. :p
ReplyDeleteAt least he didn't become a "dead man walking"!
ReplyDeleteNote, the spelling of limrix has been improved to limerix.
hmm i liked the limrix spelling better. Limerix looks like LIME rix.
ReplyDeleteThat's a point that I initially liked, but then I realized that "limerick," too, has a "lime" in it, so...?
ReplyDeleteAlso, I at first thought that the plural ought to be rendered "limerixes," but then I realized that the Latinate-looking plural form "limerix," has the advantage of rhyming with "limericks."
See today's post.