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Cluck and Sizzle

a limerick

By Dana StewartPublished about a year ago Updated about a year ago 1 min read
Cluck and Sizzle
Photo by 青 晨 on Unsplash

$9 for a dozen eggs is called inflation

Three weeks since I tasted eggs Benny is pure desperation

I decided to raise a chicken

I thought Avian flu surely can’t sicken

Empty nest so I put bird in frying pan and worsened my frustration

how to

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Comments (6)

  • Mary Haynesabout a year ago

    Great limerick. More places are now allowing people to keep chickens now.

  • Donna Reneeabout a year ago

    🤣. I love how you are hitting the “absurdities of life” part so well!

  • Caroline Janeabout a year ago

    Wow - limerick satire!!

  • Babs Iversonabout a year ago

    Fabulous!!! 💖💖💕

  • Mariann Carrollabout a year ago

    Yes, eggs got so expensive but I would raise chicken, we have foxes here,lol

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