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POETIC JUSTICE
“Hold on,” said Ben who had just gotten dumped by the barmaid, “I feel a limerick coming on.”
“Is it painful?” asked cheeky Dotty McDonald.
“Just five lines in anapestic.”
“Painful, then. Let’s have it.”
There once was a barmaid who never
Spared a kind word for this feller
While she binged on the prunes
He bought her from Koon’s
He absconded with her toilet paper.
“A revenge poem. I like that,” Dotty hooted. “Is it true?”
“Clever devil. It took some planning,” his buddy John remarked.
“There’s no going back after that,” Ben admitted. “Another romance down the toilet.”
This Jolly Beggar 
Never, ever, date anyone who makes limericks
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Really, they take everything so seriously!
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There’s no answer to that!
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Lamentable really.
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Dotty, like most females, carries a packet of tissues in her purse. So there, Ben! 😉
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Let’s hope that barmaid did. 😂
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That’s definitely the end of that relationship!
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Easy come, easy go!
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i think she’s smart. she can handle any emergency. 🙂
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Well, she was smart enough to dump him, wasn’t she?🙂
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Very clever, Dora 🙂
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Glad you liked it! 😀
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Clever and fun 🙂
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Yay! Glad you enjoyed it. 😀
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I like the word play in your story!
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I was on a roll, wasn’t I? Thank you, Penny!
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I’ve heard of some odd ways to break up but that beats them all!
My story!
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Have to agree with you, Keith. Maybe he’ll give her chocolates and make up.
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When I was young, me and another boy stretched clear plastic wrap over several toilet bowls in a campground bathroom. I’m sure several people felt the lasting effects. 🙂
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I’ve heard of that dastardly ploy! Hope it didn’t rebound. 🙂
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Wonderful, especially that last line. 🤣
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Thank you. Glad you liked it! 😊
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Poor Ben, how many girls will dump him before he becomes a Poet Laureate.
I loved the warm humour in your story.
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Many more, I’m afraid. Thank you, James. 🙂
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Who binges on prunes?
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Not you, eh? We have to surmise she had a sweet tooth for candied prunes or such. 🙂
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Ha!
Oh dear. Indeed there’s no going back.
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I don’t believe so! Thanks for reading and commenting, Laurie.
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