Manny Marcuson is glad to publish anti-drug humor

If he could only publish anti-drug humor he'd written in limerick form, Manny was convinced he could reach thousands of teenagers. Or, if not thousands, at least more than he could in one-on-one conversations and the occasional presentation at a high school assembly here and there. In his own words:

Hi, folks--

Manny Marcuson here. First of all, I want to thank Fred and Pam for giving me this forum on poetic-humor.com. I found their website on a Google Search about ten days ago and knew I had to send them a few of my anti-drug limericks. Trying to publish anti-drug humor has not been all that easy.

Until now.

When I submitted my stuff, I included my home phone number. To say I was stunned when Fred called me a few hours later would be the understatement of the year. Soon enough I understood. He and his wife, Pam, feel exactly the same way about anti-drug humor that I do.

I'm a single Dad with two beautiful teenaged daughters, real heart breakers. Thankfully, oh so thankfully, neither girl has experimented with street drugs. But it was close. Oh so close. My limericks helped the kids open up about how it was at school, how tough to say no, whatever. We know humor works.

Most people don't seem to understand that. Fred and Pam do. I thank them from the bottom of my heart for giving me the opportunity to share my efforts in this direction.

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Truth Or Consequences, 6 Limericks
Copyright 2006-2007 by Manny Marcuson

Why did the drug user cross the road?
I asked a young man who should know
He said 'twas not real
The drug user's deal?
He only THOUGHT that's where he did go!

A young fellow whose first name was Seth
Was deeply addicted to meth
He looked so much older
At bars he was bolder
But girls ran away from his breath

A lively and beautiful lass
Was tempted to try out some grass
As soon as she smoked
She coughed and she choked
In the future she'll give it a pass

A young man who loved to get high
Outran twenty police on the fly
But then he did roll
Past Border Patrol
He's on America's Dumbest tonight

An athlete known worldwide as Lloyd
Would hear nothing bad about steroids
Then Roid Rage kicked in
They fired him and then
He became forever annoyed

Two smokers who smoked cigarettes
Were willing to put down their bets
They said never will we
Get COPD
They now keep oxygen tanks by their beds

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Publisher's note: Manny can publish anti-drug humor all day long; as he puts it, he's got a million of 'em. That may be a slight (!) exaggeration, but he DOES have enough for a book. Pam and I have joined his daughters in encouraging him to publish a volume or two....

Thanks for reading,

Fred

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