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[JustDaniel]

my alternative to jade:
something made of cardboard splashed with urethane
yet for which I have been paid;
that is all that's been germane
throughout my life... which is why it's been mundane

[Larry]

To feel mundane throughout life
without trying to change the situation
will only fill you with strife
when you could feel elation
by sharing talents found through cogitation.

[JustDaniel]

Cogitation that's profound
may not feel that way to the person thinking;
it possibly would astound
him to know that his drinking
would destroy every intelligence inkling.

[Larry]

Intelligence is measured
through valleys of sorrow and mountains of joy.
Memories are not treasured
like a child’s favorite toy
but in the news that it’s going to be a boy!

[JustDaniel]

When it's gonna be a boy
daddy's chest begins to stick out like his mom's --
well, not really, but his joy
may ooze right out without qualms
and he's glad that he put away his condoms.

[Larry]

calm down or be put away
in a long-sleeved jacket with lots of buckles
and you’ll never have your say
about the guy who chuckles
and walks around the cell dragging his knuckles.

[JustDaniel]

If his knuckles are dragging
in the cell where he's been incarcerated
will he likely be bragging
about what he's created:
rash on his fingers that are now inflated

[Larry]

Inflated figures are rash
when you hand your books to the IRS man
who will ask, “where’s all the cash?”
because he is not a fan
of tax cheats and he will throw you in the can.

[JustDaniel]

Receipts you've thrown in a can
will not impress the IRS agent much;
he will very quickly scan
the mass with his special touch
making it clear you'll soon be in double Dutch.

[Larry]

The Dutch will double you soon
when you go to buy a box of chocolate;
their costs have gone to the moon
and the price hikes won’t abate
because they planted the cocoa trees too late.

[JustDaniel]

Don't plant cocoa in a tree;
when the wind blows it will probably spill out
and cause it to fall on me
which would likely make me pout
with all-day depression as I walk about.

[Larry]

As you walk about depressed,
you are not hurting anyone but yourself;
just think about how you’re blessed
with not being that poor elf
stored in the attic in a box on the shelf

[JustDaniel]

What is stored in your attic
has become much too difficult to get to
unless you're acrobatic
because everything's askew
since the last time you gave it a going-through.

[Larry]

Going through what you gave last
to decide which I should keep or give away
all remind me of our past
but it seems like yesterday
when at the alter we were kneeling to pray.

[JustDaniel]

You were praying to alter
something going on between the two of you?
What caused you so to falter?
Did the day make you argue?
Why not just go have a shower and shampoo.

[Larry]

With a shampoo and shower
things may segue into more than getting clean
and take more than an hour;
at our age, that’s not too keen,
we’d rather be playing find the submarine.

[JustDaniel]

You play Find the submarine ?
Now would that be with Abbot and Costello?
Did they have a shower scene
with a gal and a fellow?
What instrument will be playing? A cello?

[Larry]

Playing cello or fiddle
with something else will get you into trouble
when soap is in the middle
and playing forms a bubble
you might get to first bass on the double

[JustDaniel]

First bass might be in trouble
if the fisherman hasn't had his breakfast
but if his fishing doubles
or trebles he could be passed
back into the stream and he'd be free at last.

[Larry]

Free at last and thrown back in,
the bass thought that his food must have had a germ
for he wound up in a bin
and that strange food did not squirm
but he’ll never bite on a nightmarish worm