Limericks

The limerick is a 5-line, rhyming, accentual-syllabic form. It uses an A/A/B/B/A rhyme pattern with 9/9/6/6/9 syllables per line (i.e. the long lines rhyme with each other and the short lines rhyme with each other), and the meter's often anapestic or amphibrach (though lines are sometimes catalectic). This strict structure gives them a distinctive sing-song sound.

Limericks are basically comedy verse with egregious rhymes. The point is to fuck around and maybe (but probably not) find something out, usually at someone's expense.

Poems

1. 2025-04-24

   There once was a copper from Cockburn,
   Whose molotov catch left his cock burnt—
   	Good people don't mind
   	The incorrect rhyme
   'Cause “A.C.A.B.” is our slogan.

2. 2025-04-10

   There once was a secret facility
   Where leeches were given virility.
   	The generators quit,
   	So the leeches saw fit
   To teach their creators humility.

3. 2025-04-07

   There once was a second-rate circus
   That served no benevolent purpose.
   	The clowns were third-rate,
   	Ringmaster, cheapskate,
   Who filched out our “Change” while he served us.

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   At first the second line read “no discernible purpose”, but the organisation this is about does have a discernible purpose, it's just repulsive.