Alas!

There was once a waiter, serving a wine glass
To a customer who belonged to first class

He liked the heavy downpour
He asked him for more and more

When the bill came, he found his wallet empty, alas!

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Form: Limerick
A limerick is a form of verse, usually humorous and frequently rude, in five-line, predominantly anapestic trimeter with a strict rhyme scheme of AABBA, in which the first, second and fifth line rhyme, while the third and fourth lines are shorter and share a different rhyme.