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I saw this in Boy's life:

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Some poems rhyme

Some don't

This one's a classic:

.

There was a young man from Japan

Whose limericks never would scan.

When asked why that was,

He replied "It's because

I always try to cram as many words into the last line as I possibly can."

That's really good though. Similarly, Jim Butcher's "The building was on fire, and it wasn't my fault" is great prose.

Kind of reminds me of:

Train approaching

Whistle squealing

Stop

Avoid that run-down feeling

Burma-Shave

mandatory xkcd reference:

It's not great prose, but it's an excellent phrase, especially in context.

Then again, that poem is not a great poem, but it works well in the context, and does its job suitably well.

I assume this isn't what you meant...