LIMERICKS AND STUFF By Leigh Collin Brandt

I was told the economy is A+, I suppressed at the grocery store, a cuss, I had not the means, To buy a can of sardines, There was a discount...

I went to buy some fresh, lean beef, but the price was just too high, I went to buy some deli ham, but the pig price made me cry. I wanted t...

The last penny I own, I threw into the sea, To sink to the starfish, to keep its company, The dollar is the new penny, I do not have very ma...

I just realized that I am in an "ooh, ooh" economy, It feels worse than when I had my court ordered lobotomy, Rib roast prices are...

I'm down to two Barbies, and that's all I got, I got one GI Joe, and his name is Scott, They still party hard, And, let down their g...

I drove over to the big box grocery store, and what's up? I can't afford a meager breakfast, lite lunch, or simple sup, I'll lay...

I went down to the grocery store, to buy some affordable food, Nothing in the store, so I tried  the dumpster, where the gulls had all pooed...

We once had a baby, and his name was Spikey Sam, He liked to sip orange juice while he ate eggs and fried ham, As egg prices went eagle high...

I cannot afford eggs, but I got some egg shells for free, They fell from a nest, underneath my weeping willow tree, The egg shells were baby...

My electricity is not steady, like before, The lights flicker, and flutter, then they shine, never more, I paid my complete bill, But, the e...

The price of groceries had gotten so darn high, Was with jitter bugs and weeds, I made my stir fry, The food was so bad, The family got mad,...

I live in a tiny tin shack on top of a hill, I am just squatting atop a chemical landfill, The ground is quite runny, And  it smells really ...