Mommy Queerest

Though mom's left this world for another
he still has a thing for his mother
To ma's apron strings
he more than just clings
When hugging she tended to smother


Anthony Perkins in Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960). Welcome to Psycho Week at Limerwrecks. Happy Mother's Day!

Doom and Board

A surfer dude headed for shore
'cause riding small waves was a bore
Before he got in
he spotted a fin
and now he hangs ten in his gore

The Splinter of Our Discontent

A semi-nude banister ride
works best as a slippery slide
If I may be candid
I hope the rail's sanded
or she could hurt more than her pride

Painting by Gil Elvgren.

Porn Again

Removing bikini and slacks
two porn stars pretend to relax
They writhe and they moan in
performances phoned in
though rug burns are real on their backs

Taking the Fifth

Hank Williams, he sang "Me-Oh-My-Oh"

and had himself fun on the bayou

I only say this

cuz I'd be remiss

not mentioning Cinco de Mayo

Sounding Bored

How many young punks can I hear
before they all land on deaf ear?
I've rocked and I've rolled
but now I'm too old
preferring my singing sans-sneer

Hoodlum Ornament

A crook who's not misunderstood
He's bad and he's up to no good
No jury or trial,
he's junked on a pile
He walked his last mile as a hood

The Hoodlum (Max Nosseck, 1951) is more straight gangster film than noir, but Lawrence Tierney's titular hoodlum is a far darker breed of sociopath than those in the earlier gangster film cycle of the thirties. This trashes our week on tough guy Tierney.

Hood and Evil

A cretinous criminal creep
for whom only mommy could weep
His fam'ly and friends
are means to his ends
He's garbage they send to the heap


Lawrence Tierney is The Hoodlum (Max Nosseck, 1951), an unrepentant thug who dies in a trash dump.

Killsville

The choices he's given are poor
It's kill or be killed--either/or
But down in the jungle
infections get fungal
so careful when spilling the gore


Lawrence Tierney hides out from a murder charge in a Brazilian jungle in Kill or Be Killed (Max Nosseck,1950) . As for Lawrence Tierney Week, that kills it.

The Devil Rides Shotgun

He'll kill, and until he has died
when gun from his fingers is pried
With him in the car
kiss life au revoir
You're in for a hell of a ride

Lawrence Tierney goes hitchhiking in The Devil Thumbs a Ride (Felix Feist, 1947).

The Devil Thumbs His Nose

Don't ever give Satan a ride
Whenever he's hitching, just hide
He's dumped by the road
the chumps that have slowed
Keep driving, don't pull to the side


Sociopath Lawrence Tierney is at it again in The Devil Thumbs a Ride (Felix Feist, 1947).

Born Identity

She likes it when fellas play rough
Of tough guys she can't get enough
When a wild man sees red
and piles up the dead
she finds that he's really hot stuff


Claire Trevor discovers that Lawrence Tierney, as Sam Wild, was Born To Kill (Robert Wise, 1947).

Kill Thrill

A cave man who kills in a rage
This psycho belongs in a cage
But certain gals dig
a primitive pig
and have since Neanderthal age



All images from Born to Kill (Robert Wise, 1947), starring Lawrence Tierney (as the aptly named Sam Wild), Isabel Jewel, Claire Trevor, and Elisha Cook Jr. Read an appreciation of Kill at Sunset Gun as well as several other films by Robert Wise at Octopus Cinema.