‘Spoiled-Rotten Cat Instructs Visitors’ and Other Limericks by Janice Canerdy

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Spoiled-Rotten Cat Instructs Visitors

Don’t you dare try to sit in my spot!
I’ll decide if you pet me or not.
_I’m the star here you’ll see.
_They all cater to me.
They just like you; they LOVE me a lot.

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Ninety-Nine Candles

Great Grandpa made this declaration:
“My party should be a sensation.
_Cake, candles, and icing
_must all be enticing.”
We feared a widespread conflagration.

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Gotta Have It

When she’s sure her tired hubby’s asleep,
Susie sneaks from the bedroom to keep
_a much-loved rendezvous.
_Rocky Road she will woo.
Her addiction to ice cream runs deep.

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Janice Canerdy is a retired high-school English teacher from Potts Camp, Mississippi. Her poems have appeared in numerous publications: anthologies by Quill Books, Mississippi Poetry Society, the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, journals and magazines: Westward Quarterly, Lyric, Lighten Up Online, Saturday Evening Post, and more. She has had two books published: Expressions of Faith (Christian Faith Publishing, 2016, out of print) and From Serious to Slapstick~~Poems Like Life (Mississippi Poetry Society, Inc., 2024). She is an active member of the Mississippi Poetry Society, Inc.