If you have the choice:
to build, love, or destroy.
Why pick the last one?
– Alex Schattner
Tag Archives: limerick
Limerick: The Old Man from Tucson
There was an old man from Tucson
who said, “I love me a road trip vacation.”
From New York to L.A.,
He’d tour all day.
All he required was bacon.
– Alex Schattner
“One of Them”, by Ole May
Lone Restaurant
A diner popped up where nothing had stood
In the middle of a poor neighborhood.
The shop was enjoyed by some,
but robbed by many a bum.
So, now it’s a hollow ghost. Who suffered?
– Alex Schattner
Limerick: The Senator
“Poverty” Illustration by Paul Lachine
There once was a young senator
who never cared about the poor.
This opinion, he stressed,
’til his father confessed
food stamps had been their life-savior.
– Alex Schattner
Modern American Folktales 