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SIX ECDYSIAST LIMERICKS
ecdysiast: (noun) a striptease artist; from the Greek ekdysis: the shedding of an outer integument or layer of skin
There once was a lazy ecdysiast
Who thought that her job was the easiest
She'd take off her clothes
And thereby expose
Herself to the men who were sleaziest
There once was a happy ecdysiast
Whose job made her mom feel the queasiest
"But Mom," she'd explain
"It causes no pain
And the tips that I get are the easiest."
With a head cold, the sick young ecdysiast
Soon found that her act was the sneeziest
She made her achoos
Wearing only her shoes
But her tips from that night were the measliest
An ecdysiast sporting a cast
Could not shed her clothes all that fast
She'd rip and she'd tear
And try to get bare
And leave the poor patrons aghast
(from Mike Mayhew)
There once was a dirty ecdysiast
Whose armpits were known as the cheesiest
Said the boss of the club
"If she won't use the tub
She can dance by the door where it's breeziest."
(with Sam Marshall)
There once was a wrinkled old stripper
So old she was nicknamed "The Gipper"
She was long in the tooth
And far from her youth
And her bosom was called "The Big Dipper"
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joshua mertz
October 30, 2015
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Limericks are fun!...
It is the form that, in my opinion, falls most easily from the English speaking tongue. "Ecdysiast" is a hoot to rhyme and the perils of ecdysiation are amusing to write about... so please feel free to add to the string of silly poems by writing your own ecdysiast limericks!
Michael Mayhew
October 30, 2015
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nitpicking
I can't be sure, but I thought the first line of the Mayhew limerick was "There once was an unwashed ecdysiast"…
Fun. I shall have to put on my thinking cap.
joshua mertz
November 1, 2015
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Mike...
You may be right, but this is the way I found it in my archives. Besides, although unwashed and dirty are both two syllables, dirty scans better in the lilting lope of the limerick.