An ode to intelligence

For the Write Me a limerick Contest

A brainy young man from the coast
Had enough expertise to boast.
To eat eggs with white bread
Stewed his gold watch instead.
To his talent all drank a toast.

Form: Limerick
Limericks consist of five anapaestic lines.
Lines 1, 2, and 5 of Limericks have seven to ten syllables and rhyme with one another.
Lines 3 and 4 of Limericks have five to seven syllables and also rhyme with each other.

Rhyme Scheme: aabba Meter: 8-8-6-6-8

From: http://www.poetry-online.org/limericks.htm

http://www.writing.com/main/forums/item_id/1748603-Write-Me-A-Limerick