Limerick of the Duel
Limerick of the Duel
For some things there used to be a rule.
To break it you'd have to be a fool.
The wrong kind of glance,
if even at a dance,
was all that was needed for a duel.
You knew it when he beckoned
a man to be his second.
You thought of the choice of weapons,
the paces and their shakey steppin's,
while resolving of future glances to be less fecund.
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Thrust to dust....
Deadly combat can ensue.....
Deadly combat can ensue,
from insult felt so deeply through,
that one's own pride can force you, too,
to live or die, kill or be killed,
as once they knew.
Now we just duel with armies, terror, drones, chemicals, and bombs.
Perhaps it is time to go back to settling things the way David and Goliath did for their people? (Be careful though, these days cheating is in style.)
Perhaps we could even pay off the $18 Trillion National Debt by marketing the worldwide ads for this "Super Brawl"?
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