i affirm this is a limerick

[dooces]

the mote of poetic expression i have inspiried me to write a limerick:

Edit - attempting to turn a yard into a meter:

common dialect has escaped my head
obscure lexicon has taken its stead
applied, succinct in verse
affords one to be terse


common dialect escapes my head
obscure lexicon has took its stead
applied in succinct verse
affords one to be terse