A near-sighted burglar named Klaus
Unluckily robbed his own house
Took all that he had
Oh boy, was he mad
But Klaus was a bit of a louse
Understandably...
Reluctance to well use his time
Got Klaus in a whole lot of lime
Locked up in his cell
And lonely as hell
Regretting his "victimless crime"
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Author Notes
Today's word:
auto-burgler (n.) a burglar who burgles their own home.
WTF? Are you serious? Well, I can't pick and choose, so today's word is what it is. If you have any complaints, send them to Elliott & Thompson, Publishers.
Inspired by the winter olympics, I decided to bring you this acrostic double limerick with a twist.
* lime = poop.
My once much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book. Boy was I wrong!
P.S. The original ending was different. I changed it to avoid offending those who might have taken offence.
Thanks for reading.
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