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A Young American Named Matthew

For Matthew Fromm's Limerick Challenge. Sorry, but not that much?

By Paul StewartPublished 11 months ago Updated 11 months ago 1 min read
A Young American Named Matthew
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There once was a young American named Matthew

Who to which the concept of decency was very new

He loved to dance in the buff

Shaking and wiggling his stuff

Until he was arrested and his neighbours did sue

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Thanks for reading!

Author's Notes: I make no real apologies on this one. I was going after those sweet sweet rhymes and those sweet sweet laughs!

Here is info about Matthew's challenge for limericks:

Also, I heard back from Vocal support that they are definitely reading the Vocal editor word count. So, I now need to adjust all my pieces to make sure it reads as 50 for the Love in 50 Words Challenge. Just thought people might wanna know. I have just went through all mine to make sure they read 50 words on Vocal, to be sure.

Here are some other things:

artfact or fictionhumorperformance poetrysocial commentarysurreal poetryLimerick

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Paul Stewart

Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

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  • Grz Colm11 months ago

    Hahahah! 😄

  • Calvin London11 months ago

    Nice one Paul - this challenge should be right up your alley!

  • Caroline Craven11 months ago

    Haha! You’re on a roll with these!!

  • I take it his buff wasn't all that buff. (Kinda like me. No one wants to see that either.)

  • Hahahahahahahhaha wiggle his stuff!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • D.K. Shepard11 months ago

    Haha! This hit the lewd mark but with a lighthearted feel!

  • Sid Aaron Hirji11 months ago

    Limericks are the best

  • Pure Crown11 months ago

    This is awesome

  • Henrik Hageland11 months ago

    Great story! Play with words and decency

  • John Cox11 months ago

    Good fun, if not entirely clean. Ahh the slightly naughty limerick. All the ones I learned as a kid were both nasty and naughty! I noticed you revived that creepy little monkey again, Paul. Don’t make me channel Wordsworth!

  • Mother Combs11 months ago

    OMG too freaking funny I'm loving these limericks. I think I'm having too much fun

  • Mark Graham11 months ago

    What a great limerick. Loved buff and stuff maybe Matthew was a bluff.

  • JBaz11 months ago

    AAbsolutely howled with glee at this one... As for the Vocal count , their version is incorrect. I count my words when ever there is a contest with the exact number needed and Vocal is always incorrect.

  • hahaha, this is a side best left unseen

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