Friday, October 12, 2018

Great literature as limericks.

(Poet's Note: Spoilers!)

Grendel came out of the blue
To harass poor Hrothgar and crew
Then Beowulf got
To beat out his snot
And he took out his old lady too




Odysseus finally left Troy
For a voyage he couldn't enjoy
There was Cyclops and Circe
And Sirens (have merce!)
Then killing some creeps with his boy

In the Montague/Capulet game
Romeo must abandon his name
Juliet, she pretended
To die, so he ended
His life, and then she did the same

The Terror brought everyone dread
And Defarge watched the royals get dead
When Darnay got arrested
Good people protested
And Syd wound up losing his head

They said that Jay Gatsby was great
His parties were truly first-rate
And though he was the bomb
Daisy really loved Tom
And a slug in the pool was his fate

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