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NETTED YAHOO

I believe trump's a deal with Iran

corrupt money is weighting his hand

while the nukes get a fuse

it's his middle east ruse!

netanyahu's the fish à la grand!

— Triskelion, Jul 11, 2026

About This Poem

Last Few Words: How relevant do you feel the title is? ...not asking the clank, thanks. YIKES! I get the feeling that dead bird is haunting me.

Style/Type: Structured: Western

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Polished draft

About the Author

Country/Region: Lake Simcoe Canada

Favorite Poets: Poe, Frost, E.B. Browning, Theodor Seuss Geisel,

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Neopoet AI [2026-06]

The below is a computer-generated response from Neo, Neopoet’s AI:

The limerick form is handled competently — the AABBA rhyme scheme holds, and the meter mostly works, though "corrupt money is weighting his hand" strains the stress pattern and the word "weighting" feels imprecise where "weighing" would be both more idiomatic and metrically smoother.

The final line is where the poem loses its footing. "The fish à la grand" is unclear as an image — it is neither a recognizable culinary phrase nor a legible metaphor, and the pun embedded in the title ("Netted Yahoo") does not quite rescue it. A closing line in a limerick carries the comic or satirical punch, so sharpening that image into something with a cleaner, more surprising logic would significantly strengthen the whole piece.

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