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Sun, 15 Aug 2004

The Unstrung Harpsichord

While doing some much-needed room cleaning, I came across these limericks written way back in high school with my friend Sarah Hagge. They of course deserve to be immortalized on my weblog.

There once was a dog and a carriage
The love-stricken dog proposed marriage
     When the carriage was silent
     The dog became violent
At that act of utter disparage

-R.P.

Young Florence had very fine knees
And she always said thank-you and please
     Her smile was delightful
     But her tresses were frightful
For her beehive, it really had bees.

-R.P.

As Madeline sat on her bed
An idea came into her head
     "If one day I go wild
     And string up a young child
I will bury it under the shed

-S.H.

There once was a lady quite fair,
And whenever she ate a ripe pear,
     The meb would start flocking
     For her manner was shocking
But she fought them all off with her hair

-R.P. & S.H.

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