Poetry and Rhyme (sorta)

I happened upon two of my son's English assignments, due tomorrow, and still warm from the printer. Both works are untitled. First, the poem:

You can scold

Or we can converse

We can talk

Or we can curse

Form a team

Or fight to be first

But not both

You can stand

Or you can be pressed

You can be cursed

Or you can be blessed

You can cling to hope

Or you can be depressed

But not both

You can forsake who you are

Or hold steadfast to your soul

You can conform to the world

Or gain strength as a whole

You can make your own name

Or live your life dull

But not both

Okay, that was deep. Teenagers are deep. Kind of a glass half empty/glass half full poem. I'd like to think it's got an overall positive tone to it. Now, the limerick:

There once was a pig from Miami

Who sat inside a tannery

Little did he know

That he was in a stove

Now bacon is abundant in Miami

There once was a pig in Moscow

He became friends with the cows

When they were sent away

Soon he would have to pay

So the pig ran away from Moscow

How random was that? I love how his brain can move so easily in so many different directions. Silly and serious. Random and profound. Mental multi-tasking....gotta love it.