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Aunt Barbara’s Limericks
My dad and I traveled to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2011 because his sister died unexpectedly. I lived in Portland, Oregon, and he lived in NW Indiana, an hour from Chicago.
Massachusetts, Part 17
This is a selection of the limericks Aunt Barbara wrote and that I found in her Cambridge condo after she passed away.
Limericks and doggerel
Keeping me mellow
Through thick and thin
I write about jibes
And wandering tribes…
Not to your taste? I’ve a Bedouin.
ANOTHER CATASTROPHE
Master pro, master pal, what a guy!
With your coaching the limit’s the sky.
You make learning fun.
You’re full of aplomb.
On humor
We see eye to eye
There once was a man from Niagara
Who took a big dose of Viagra.
The sail went aloft,
But soon it went soft.
No seaman, that man from Niagara.
The following limerick is… about my extremely loquacious dad.