Who goes there? -- the man from Nantucket
I see. And what's that in your pocket?
That's surely a gun? --
Of those, I have none,
a plug that's in search of a socket
Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2787361-2021-Form-Poetry-Rounds---September thought it'd be fun to combine the two comedy tropes (i.e. is that a gun in your pocket and the cliché limerick)
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