Rubrick – your limerick sent me to my overflowing bookshelves to find Conrad Aiken’s wonderful collection "A seizure of limericks" (there’s another collective noun!) so that I could enjoy again my favourite contemporary limerick, which begins:

It’s time to make love: douse the glim …

There are 50 of his quirky, witty, sensual limericks in this collection published in the mid-60s – try to find a copy if you don’t have it. Enjoy!