Two Limericks by Raquel Melody Guarino
Pot o’ Gold
America’s in a recession
With closures in every profession
The nurses all cry
As more people die
With 12-hundred bucks in possession
Oh Jesus
The virus is getting quite bad
But the president thinks it’s a fad
As the numbers still lurch
“I’ll see you in church!”
Says Don, a positive lad
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Raquel Melody Guarino is an aspiring expat who just left Italy due to the pandemic. She graduated from Yale in 2013, worked in TV news and radio, and has written for Help.com and Realty.com, and now she is what Italians call a “mammona” (a momma’s girl).