This was from an assignment for Dolan's class, to make up a poster, song, skit, or poem based off of the Greek story of Oedipus Rex. Enjoy.
Limericks
There once was a man from Thebes
Who often wore shirts with no sleeves
He married his mother
After killing his father
And as a child he fell out of trees
His parents left him to die
Because an oracle at Delphi
Correctly predicted
That he’d be addicted
To killing his father with pie
He met five men on the street
And with a large stick he was beat
That’s what she said
And then they were dead
It was quite a marvelous sight
Although all this was foretold
He never noticed his wife was so old
Till he uncovered the lies
And gouged out his eyes
But the cheese was covered in mold
