This headline cried out for a limerick: “Seized to-do list: ‘Steal mail and shoplift.’”
When planning to plunder or steal,
Concealment is key; Don’t reveal
Any scheming on paper.
“To-do list” your caper?
Self-squealing, it’s clear, ain’t ideal.
Mad Kane (Madeleine Begun Kane) is a writer, musician, and "recovering lawyer." She won the Robert Benchley Society Award For Humor and enjoys writing limericks, song parodies, and current events haiku.
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When such stupid bad people are bold
And screw up as their thieving plans fold
I believe I’ve lost count
Of the total amount
Of dumb-criminal books that are sold.
Yet it serves for our benefit, twice
Justice served when the crooks pay the price
When that’s done, secondly
It’s a fun comedy
Entertainment, a cop’s paradise!