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Limerick for 2025 [No.3. Don't Mention the War!]

by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Don’t mention the war, when chez Basil,

one mentions the war at one’s peril:

it's the war Jerry started,

in Tom’s face he had farted:

yes, sauerkraut’s bouqet's far from floral!

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Wednesday 15th January 2025 3:33 pm

Tom   Jerry   Basil   war   Sauerkraut

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