The young swan was ridden with shame,
And his cruel mother’s words were to blame:
“You’re big and you’re dumb,
And that’s all you’ll become!”
And in time, that’s all he became.
–Photo by me
Limerick 57
The young swan was ridden with shame,
And his cruel mother’s words were to blame:
“You’re big and you’re dumb,
And that’s all you’ll become!”
And in time, that’s all he became.
–Photo by me
michaeljordahl 
The saddest, perhaps truest, limerick I have ever encountered.
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I guess I let a little of my personal baggage slip out in this one; I shed a tear writing it. Usually, I make them funny, but not this time. Thank you, Richard!
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