Limericks

by Lee Basnar

A daring young musher named Clyde
Mushed dogs through a culvert quite wide.
When they failed to come out
Of that foul-smelling spout,
The verdict was sheer sewercide.

A trapper on snowshoes, Pierre,
Fell into a den with a bear.
The bear said, “Well, well,
This sleazy hotel
Has room service beyond compare.”

While scrambling out of the den,
Pierre, the most gallant of men
Said, “Pardon me bear,
Did not see you there,
Won’t be overbearing again.”

The bear, wide awake in his den,
Said, “If that man comes back again,
I have a strong hunch
I’ll have him for lunch,
And won’t offer grace or amen.”