Topical Limerick
(June, 2026)
     Cigar?

Celebrations for art's biggest star
In Great Britain, at ninety, now are
Grief for art's smokin' man
A year short of that span—
Really close, but alas, no cigar!

(appeared in Oddball Magazine on the 15th)
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