A SONNET
FORBIDDING MOURNING

     I could not eat a kangaroo
          - Ogden Nash

Sorry - just deleting the duplicate of My Grandpa's Younger Brother.

 
     Here, richly, with ridiculous display,
     The Politician’s corpse was laid away.

     Know then thyself, presume not God to scan;
     The proper study of Mankind is Man.

 
Originally posted in Pffa in Humo[u]r.

LATE CALL

Who’s this? It’s after midnight! Calling who?
What Feast of Blood? What Cave? What Fiery Rhumba?

These were originally posted in Pffa on the Humo[u]r board (though housekeeping there has since removed Typo).
     

TYPO

Love poems - sooner or later, così fan tutti.
     

TO TONY’S GIRL

The first one was posted in Pffa in the old Merciless forum.

It adds to the tasks / Of a merry-man's place,
When your principal asks, / With a scowl on his face,
If you know that you're paid to be funny?

There are about 50 limericks in my notebooks, nearly all of them offhand and occasional. Here’s half a dozen to give you the idea.
     

Three double dactyls.