Radio Sweethearts

It’s been a while since I’ve done this, and I’ve skipped over talking about the Poetry Magazine podcast, mostly because it’s not funded or distributed through public media channels.

But listening to “Morning Edition” this morning, Kerry and I heard this terrible limerick regarding a judge’s reaction to a lawsuit whose “short and plain” allegations stretched to 495 pages, with an eight-page title.

Dave Eggers should watch out. Someone’s stepping on his gloriously long-winded groove.

Oh, the limerick?

Plaintiff has a great deal to say,
but it seems he skipped Rule 8-a.
His complaint is too long,
which renders it wrong.
Please rewrite and refile today.

It’s bad, owing in no small part to the fact that it’s not even dirty. Then there’s the harsh masculine rhymes, but whatever. It should still be dirty. It’s a damn limerick.