A shave… a pair of spectacles…yay men.
Slan,
D. 
Wow. I drove Bloom to violence. Or not. I’m not sure. Anyone?
It’s all down to a post structural interpretation.
Slan,
D.
I know I’m going to regret this, but I must
“Turn to, and put out all [my] strength of arm and heart and brain
And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.”
The limerick is rule-bound apparently.
No syllable wanders round errantly.
Anapestic the beat,
Well-defined as to feet,
In me no such tricks lie inherently!
Note:Main Entry: lim·er·ick
Pronunciation: 'li-m&-rik, 'lim-rik
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=limerick
That is just lovely. 
LoL. Emm, you’re good at this.
Thank you, emmline. Whew!
I’ll take “lovely” with a grain of salt, but I will take that passing grade. I must admit it helped to look up what a limerick actually is. 
http://www.sfu.ca/~finley/discussion.html
Cynth, by her art, has now topped me!
My meter and feet are oft sloppy
And my rhymes are no use
Well, the only excuse:
All I write, every day, is prose copy.
Thank you, sir. Whew! 
I believe my syllables did improve quite a lot and I must say that you did have something to do with my determination to redeem myself if I could. 
Your quick wit, however, will never be topped by my slow, laborious efforts. emmline is in charge of wit for the female side. 
Nicely done, Cynth. Brav_a_!
From whence derives the term ‘prodigial’?
It makes an editor feel litigial.
And whence derives the phrase “from whence”?
I’m glad you said it Bloom, not I.
Speaking of quick wits, I don’t need Pam out to get me.
Why, from the Department of Redundancy Department, of course. It was redundancy for emphasis.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
LOL out loud!
Maybe Bloomie’s a member of The Organizational Society to Stamp Out and Abolish Redundancy and Unnecessary Repeats. They’re a picky lot.
So they are, as is the Social Organization and Society to Prevent and Surpress Redundant Repetitions; which used to be part of the OSSOARUR before a split over the question whether there should be two votes for one president, or one vote for two presidents. I am a member belonging to both of them the two organization.
No worries, Emm. You’re both right; and in any event, we poetrixes gotta stick together when facing the Y-chromosome acronymal menace.
I just knew that you had some Irish blood in ye..
Slan,
D.
…and once a member-- alas, summarily drummed out of–the Organization Of Persnickety Spellers.
Genuine Irish Blood! Available at All the Finer Blood-Banks!