Limerick, Poetic Form Exercise Options

[Larry]

Situations are vile when the whole
gross scenario starts with a pole
which may be straight or bent
to its greatest extent
and its use is enlightening or droll.

[JustDaniel]

If you try to enlighten a troll
you may find that he hasn't a soul.
He is some kind of creature
immune to a preacher
and seldom comes out of his hole.

[Larry]

Ants will seldom come out of their hole
or go out for a leisurely stroll
but they’ll gather some food
for the queen’s daily brood.
She won’t work, like some folks on the dole.

[JustDaniel]

If your friend on the dole does no work
do you think he prefers just to shirk
doing anything hard?
Does he call himself Bard
and then write like a simpleton jerk?

[Larry]

Answering myself:

Like some folks on the dole, she won’t work
but she’ll add some more kids for a perk
to the stipend she gets.
Our nice government lets
her add money for naught but a smirk.


Continuing the string:

If he writes like a simpleton jerk
and then goes to a copyright clerk
he’ll be told “It’s a dud
and will merely draw blood
if you’re using your pen like a dirk.”

[JustDaniel]

If your dirk is a bloody red pen
stay away from our show's anchor men
'cause they both have thin skin
you could poke deeply in
so we try to keep them in their den.

[Larry]

If you try to keep them in the den
while they’re watching tv, you can win
when you’re bringing good food
and your guests are not rude
making table and rug a pig pen.

[JustDaniel]

You pen pigs on the rug in your den?
I imagine that it's stinky then
in the room where you'll see
Super Bowl. Will you be
smelly too there come Sunday at ten?

[Larry]

It’s too smelly come Sunday at ten
when the bean dip and chips are brought in
but that stench won’t compare
to the blind referees’ stare
as they stole the big game. It’s a sin!

[JustDaniel]

It's no sin to be steeled in a game;
you are focused without seeking fame.
Keep your eye on the task;
it is all coach will ask:
just get in there and Tom Brady maim.

[Larry]

If you’re maiming Tom when you’re in there
just make sure that you’re hitting him square
and don’t put all your weight
on his chest or his pate
or there won’t be enough flags to spare.

[JustDaniel]

Well, the flag-waving here will be spare
since the Patriots won. My despair
over their one-more win
is like kicks in the shin.
Next year Eagles will be in the air!

[Larry]

Next year Eagles will be in the air
but they’ll find there’s a Brees way up there
for the winds of revenge
will be a scoring binge
and the refs with their flags… they won’t dare.

[JustDaniel]

You would dare wave a New Orleans flag?
Do you think that their win's in the bag?
We will just have to see
but it's not up to me.
Football-muscles I once had now sag.

[Larry]

Football muscles I once had now sag
down beneath all my fat; it’s a drag
but there’s never a need
or some cause to exceed
limitations; they’re all in my bag.

[JustDaniel]

Limitations assumed from my weight
and I nearly can't get through the gate
Clearly, no one would pay
to see Old Blob play
so I sit on the bench; it's my fate

[Larry]

It’s my fate that I sit on the bench
while I’m watching a wren and a finch
squabble over the best
place to build a good nest
when most limbs will do fine in a pinch.

[JustDaniel]

If I'm pinching it won't be a limb
while we're sitting here humming a hymn
I'll reach down to her bum
'cause she is my lifetime chum
and I don't need some floozy named Kim

[Larry]

If some floozy named Kim, you don’t need,
is Kardashian; you will succeed
in eluding that charm
that will bring you great harm
for temptation of such is just greed.

[JustDaniel]

If you're tempted by staring at Guido
as he's standing there stark in his speedo
I don't know what to say
'cause I'm not that way
but to each is his own, yes, indeedo!