Limericks, Rated PG

Sapphic Gymnasts

Sapphic gymnasts throw a fit
When surly judges won’t permit
The cunnilingus routine
They’ve condemned as obscene,
So, the run is quit lickity-split.

Sapphic is a synonym of lesbian. The word derives from the Greek poet Sappho of the island Lesbos, who wrote of female homosexual themes. Gymnastic floor routines are performed on a specially constructed exercise surface called the floor. A routine consists of runs across the floor, which typically last just over a minute, and are made up of moves like handsprings, tucks, round-offs and saltos, which are somersaults or flips.

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