Wednesday #limerick: hinge, lethal, need

Each Wednesday, I compose a limerick based on the prompt from Three Word Wednesday. Today's words are: hinge, lethal, need  (it's more fun if you read it aloud - try it!):

  Does clean writing hinge on clean living?
Then my mental dinge needs forgiving.
With a mind full of muck,
I'll need a dump truck.
So lethal, wants more than mere sieving.


I think we can all look back on all those times we tortured helpless animals and set innocent people on fire, can't we? Those are the universal experiences of adolescence that we all share, aren't they?

Um... aren't they?

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  1. Love it, keep writing Tony!



  2. Replies
    1. I like rhyming living with sieving - good work.

  3. Thanks, everyone! I hope you all downloaded the of limericks - if you liked this, you'll love that.


  4. Nice Limerick, I like humor in the lines. :-)

  5. "Does clean writing hinge on clean living?" I sincerely hope not.

  6. Limericks are often poorly metered or nonsensical. You have a real message here, and it's still funny, in keeping with tradition, and you made me laugh out loud, so thanks. "Sieving," a great word! Peace, Amy

