Limericks

Gordon McFarland
Nov 1 · 2 min read
Photo by Amy Reed on Unsplash

Just for the practice

Unhappy poets on Medium
thought the new rules would be Tedium
now what can we say?
when did poetry pay?
they must have been hitting helium.

There’s a reason they call it the web.
“It’s because there’s a spider,” I said,
Who will suck our souls dry
like blood from a fly
that is helplessly caught…

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Gordon McFarland

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Sharing thoughts on my faith, my past, and whatever else comes to mind. Wanna-be Poet

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