Limerick, Poetic Form Exercise Options

[Larry]

Beneath eyes that remember what’s true
are the pictures with which they imbue
catalogues in the soul;
like sweet treat in a bowl
you can taste throughout life like they’re new.

[JustDaniel]

If you want your new life to be tasty
you had best not be going forth hasty
lest you land in place
where the girls are in lace
or much less, and you're tongue's on a pasty.

[Larry]

If your tongue’s on a pasty I’ve guessed
you were in a strip club just to test
whether it would adhere
to a bust or a rear
but the bouncer might think you’re a pest.

[JustDaniel]

If you are a pest to the bouncer
'cause he catches you trying to pounce 'er
you'll be thrown on your can
by that gigantic man
at the voice of the watching announcer.

[Larry]

The announcer has voiced his concerns
about dancers who won’t take their turns
on the stage out of fears
you’ll be touching their rears
so the bouncer gives you sidewalk burns.

[JustDaniel]

If the bouncer gives you railroad tracks
you may have to go home, change your slacks
after showering well
so your friends cannot tell
that you filled up your pants with Big Macs.

[Larry]

With a Big Mac you fill up your pants
but it makes everyone look askance
because you are obese
from the buns and the grease
and you shimmy whenever you dance.

[JustDaniel]

If you're skinny, whenever you dance
your suspenders that hold up your pants
haven't anything to
hold them up; you've no clue
what will happen when you hear the chants.

[Larry]

Hearing chants? What will happen when you
start to see the Gregorians too?
Will the monks let you join
if you give them some coin
and then ask them to sing something new.

[JustDaniel]

When you ask them to sing something new
they will offer to give you a chew
of their new spearmint gum
where the music comes from
and you'll jump like a young kangaroo.

[Larry]

If you jump like a young kangaroo
you’ll wind up living in a pouch too
but that may not be good
for the mama Roo could
be a target for some city’s zoo.

[Larry]

City zoos are a target for some
learning where each wild beast had come from
but the smart ones escape
the steel bars and red tape
so the ones people see are just dumb.

[JustDaniel]

If you all of a sudden go dumb
stick your thumb in and pull out a plumb
or just sit in the corner
and frump as a mourner
o'er mountains that you've never clumb.

[Larry]

If you’ve never climbed mountains before
because you feel it’s likely a chore
to be scaling a peak
for adventure you seek
when life happens outside your front door.

[JustDaniel]

If your mouse dies in front of your door
it is harder to post than before
so discouragement takes
a great toll, and it brakes
all attempts as I try to explore.


(and though I have it back, I still cannot right click to cut and paste and other necessities!!!)

[Larry]

As you try to explore, all attempts
are now met with a new knee that limps
and though therapies work
every ache makes you shirk
those appointments where folks walk like chimps.



I suggest you hold down your left mouse button as you slide the cursor over what you wish to copy/cut and when it is all highlighted, hit CTRL C then go to where you wish to paste and with the cursor blinking at the new location, hit CTRL V.

[JustDaniel]

At appointments I walk like a blimp
and it certainly tempts me to skimp
on my exercise sessions;
I must make concessions
or keep on through life with a limp.


Thank you, Larry. Your last limerick describes my situation remarkably accurately.... and suddenly my mouse now copies and pastes. Thanks for the alternate means!

[Larry]

If you limp through your life you can keep
the best western on T V, you’ll reap
the rewards of a show
and Matt Dillon will know
that old Chester in Tombstone ain’t cheap.

[JustDaniel]

I ain't cheap, but my name sure ain't Chester,
but if I were in Tombstone, I'd pester
Mr. Dillon until
he would teach me the drill
with his Buntline or other molester.

[Larry]

With a bunt, he molested the line
and he made it to first base just fine
but he stood there confused
when his powers weren’t used;
he had misread the hitting coach sign.