Honesty (Poetry Form 77: Unrhymed Limerick)

Ah, the Unrhymed limerick! Bastion of double entendre and innuendo.
This form relies on the reader or listener guessing an obvious or bawdy rhyme, and then substituting an innocuous but unrhymed ending. This isn’t perfect, as traditionally the first two lines should also be unrhymed, but it’s a lot harder than it looks! (eh? eh?)

Some folks aren’t too quick on the uptake
For they think I cause trouble and muckrake
They say I’m too upfront
When I call you a …character
But I’m just being honest, for crying out loud!

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