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Created on: August 05, 2008
I once knew a girl in Mahon,
Whose trousers she could NOT get on.
Though her struggle was great -
Twas superfluous weight,
But with diet, she's now almost gone!
A very old man in Helsinki,
Had a tic that was cheekily winky.
So to all passers-by,
He gave the glad eye.
Now he's nursing his bruises with drinky.
A lady residing in Butte,
Kept a big house of much "ill-repute."
But despite her great fame,
Wrinkles altered her game,
Now she's knitting and sewing for loot.
There once was a guy with a smirk,
Who was known far and wide as a jerk.
But his sardonic smile,
Got lost for a while,
When poked in the eye with a fork.
A girl with posterior large,
Took her seat for a trip on a barge.
As the waters lapped round,
And the passengers drowned,
She was heard to remark "Who's in charge?"
First posted on TIBU, July 2008, pen-name anniemor
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