I like your suggestion, but I am trying to stay true to the form. Taking out “when” would make the last line a syllable short.
Limericks / free will and greed
Did God design our struggle with greed?
Create the cancer of want over need?
For clearly free will
Is no magic pill
That cures us of this as we breed.
2nd Version:
Did God create our struggle with greed?
Craft the cancer of want versus need?
For clearly free will
Is no magic pill
Meant to cure this disease when we breed.
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I like it. I think it has a good flow and a good message. It’s clearly understood and the rhyming is done well. Good luck with it.
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i prefer your second version to the first but i would consider making one change. in the last line take away the word ‘when’ so that the sentence reads: Meant to cure this disease we breed. it would flow better and kinda ties in with the first line. overall it was beautifully written and i enjoyed reading it.
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This piece impresses me.
I believe it opens up this entire new perspective to look into.
Very clever thought process.
I wouldn’t change a thing.
Nice work. Keep it up.
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Limerics are classic it’s true,
And this one I’ll credit to you,
But I get the feeling,
God will be reeling,
for this limerick’s one that you blew!
Sorry, the structure is fine and it makes a good point, but the second line “cancer of want over need” just does not seem to match up well. A good effort overall. Tweak it and enter it, and see what happens.
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