Just for fun -- LIMERICK!!!!!

Parent Cafe
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<p>Our family went to the college fair
All the big schools were represented there
This process is insane
I have a migraine
Write a limerick – if you dare!</p>

<p>Watching DS drive away in the car
Is the hardest part of parenting – so far
I pray to God above
For that boy that I love
Please keep him safe and away from a bar!</p>

<p>I remember when they were so teeny
I was so strict – a real meany
I’ve mellowed with time
Now they turned out fine
I guess I finally learned to drink a martini</p>

<p>Now my boys are almost grown
Two teenagers with lives of their own
Hungry and hairy
It is all so scary
“Be little again,” I want to moan!</p>

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<p>I’m fifty five years old today
I never thought that I would say,
My work was so tough
and I feel so rough
at home tonight I will stay.</p>

<p>(that restaurant reservation can be rescheduled and the wine here is fine!)</p>

3

<p>I was never very good at limericks…</p>

<p>S2 is home on winter break
Practice SAT’s he should take
But essays are icky
And he’s kind of picky
But he did one for my sanity’s sake.</p>

4

<p>I’ve posted this before. A sailor’s lament: </p>

<p>Popeye’s now a crusty sailor
Who as a teen flunked out of Baylor.
When asked about a second chance
“Well blow me down, I’d wet me pants.”</p>

5

<p>another old (and clean) one:</p>

<p>I sat next to the Duchess at tea.
It was just as I feared it would be.
Her rumblings abdominal
Were simply phenomenal
And everyone thought it was me!</p>