My own limerick

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There once was a man depressed
Who refused to bathe or get dressed
While staring at his clock
He realized with a shock
That his life had become quite a mess

Very relatable from times in my life.

Very excellent and well-written!

Thanks!

The meter could use work, but I wouldn't go as far as this meter snob did:
A lim’rick’s not hard to define
But it needs to do more than just rhyme
It’s the meter that matters
The pitters and patters
If not you’re just wasting my time

Your limerick is also clean as well as funny (IMHO), which I'm told is quite rare:
The limerick packs laughs anatomical
Into space that is quite economical.
But the good ones I've seen
So seldom are clean
And the clean ones so seldom are comical

Damn...i got a thread with 8 pages of rhymes and this thread got more replies than i did...haha...nice limerik though

Glad you guys liked it, and I appreciate the constructive criticism.

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The meter problem is fixable, or you could always claim it was a freeform limerick. I'm never sure when I see irregular meter whether the poet meant it that way or not. My problem is the opposite when I write songs. I'm too rigid with meter and rhyme.

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You're doing a lot better than me when I was at a similar stage with my songwriting.