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Oh, Mr Oppenheimer

Limerick

By Paul StewartPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
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There once was a man named Oppenheimer

Who put the world on a doomsday timer

The bomb he invented

His infamy cemented

He became death, the world destroyer

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Thanks for reading. Not the usual funny limerick. I hope you enjoyed it.

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Paul Stewart

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

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  • Cathy holmes3 years ago

    so true. Well done.

  • Sometimes using a usually light-hearted medium to communicate serious truth is a way of really catching our attention. And you found amazing rhymes for oppenheimer!

  • Heather Hubler3 years ago

    The weight of discovery and invention...just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should. Great limerick in the critical sense and the topic as well. Fantastic work :)

  • Novel Allen3 years ago

    Dig him up. Bring him back. He says he invented it for the good, we made it bad ?????????????????? oh my.

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