Limerickania (1)
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November 15, 2014
First in a series of 10.
A strigine strongman had a mania
For cr-racking crooks’ cramoisy crania.
If a hat or a sash
Flew off in the stramash,
He’d pay poets with crimsoned obtainia.
— Thanks, John Hilgart, for the inspiring comic-book panel.
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