Mimicked Limerick Style of Edward Lear

There once was a Young Girl whose dog,

Ate everything in sight like a hog;

But then the dog got sick,

And started to lick,

A dirty, old rotten log.

* I chose to mimic Edward Lear because I found his Limerick techniques interesting and humorous. I noticed that all of his Limericks started with 'There once was an Old man ....", which I originally found cliche, however began appreciating it as I feel it worked with his creatively humorous poems.