Rictameter, Poetic form exercise Options

[JustDaniel]

keep thoughts
to yourself, please,
because they confuse me;
whenever someone talks to me
I have to switch from what I've been thinking
to integrate their ideas
into the web of mine
'til they become
kept thoughts

[Larry]

kept taut
by the anchor
a rope held him steady
when he was on his research boat
discovering new species of seaweed
which helped him get his doctorate
as a biologist
after which, he
taught kelp

[JustDaniel]

pot felt
a bit too warm
so he let it sit there
while he busied himself washing
the dishes and cleaning up the kitchen;
unfortunately he had not
realized the burner
was on when he
felt pot

[Larry]

failed pot
size inspection
which had increased too much
from overeating and cravings
due to the crop growing in the back yard
and because he enjoyed eating
but needed exercise,
got his hoe and
felled pot

[JustDaniel]

smells rot
in the kitchen
so she looks all around
and discovers a bowl of beans
that had been covered by a chopping board;
when she lifts it, it stinks worse
so she takes it outside;
the dog loves that
rot smell

[Larry]

rat smells
leftover food
and will try to eat it
if it is easily obtained
by gnawing through the flimsy container
and after eating will leave scents
to ward off more vermin
but all my cats
smell rats

[JustDaniel]

mall brats
never obey
the orders of their moms
who finally just ignore them
while they're running around between shoppers
who look daggers at the woman
who ought to be looking after
them because we'll
maul brats

[Larry]

mull brats
from Johnsonville
because they are larger
and don’t fall through the outdoor grill
when barbecuing for the football games
where a lot of food is consumed
so there must be enough
and no one likes
small brats

[JustDaniel]

worst brats
are those who grill
without cleaning the thing
and pay not the least attention
to the temperature of the whole grill
so that some of what they're cooking
is hardly more than raw
which makes for bad
bratwurst

[Larry]

worst bed
I ever had
was in the Marine Corps;
a fold up wooden canvas cot
with a blow up rubber mattress on top
but if you tucked the sheets in tight
it was okay to sleep on
but not when it’s
worsted

[JustDaniel]

ousted
former tyrants
are often hunted down
until they're assassinated
because people are so angry at them
but often those who replace them
deserve the same anger
which results in
ouster

[Larry]

oyster
on the half-shell
with some melted butter
is considered by some to be
an aphrodisiac of great merit
but with physical attraction
they're not necessary
but you do need
moisture

[JustDaniel]

_{Larry, this is an imaginary situation, and it's not about you!}

must your
treatment of me
be so complicated?
first you love me and then you don't
then I'm more important than anyone
and then I'm nobody at all
and now you ignore me
just 'cause I hate
mustard

[Larry]

mussed yards
with lawnmower
cutting the front and back
because it was in the winter
and I failed to see all the landscaping
so the monkey grass is cut down
and the annuals too;
now it looks like
most yards

[JustDaniel]

post cards
at laundromats
so people will call you
to pick up their dirty laundry
and you will do the washing and folding
for amounts that they can decide
while you're vacationing
and need funds for
post cards

[Larry]

past cars
had steel bumpers
and lasted a long time
but that seemed to be the problem
because they couldn’t sell you a new one
when your old one lasted for years
so plastic things were made
which were fast and
passed cars

[JustDaniel]

capped scars
may yet be seen
if your sleeves are rolled up
or when you're sunning on the beach
or simply out working in your back yard;
some painful ones may not be seen
because they're deep inside
from tickets from
cops' cars

[Larry]

cops cars
for a living
and strips off all the parts
which he sells for a nice profit
then melts the serialized metals down
to sell to the scrap recyclers
so there is nothing left
but money from
cars copped.

[JustDaniel]

chomp core
of your apple
to get all the juice out;
you can spit or swallow the seeds
and you'll be able to propagate new trees
in a quite natural manner
like Johnny Apple seed;
you could become
core champ

[Larry]

chimps chore
for bananas
was to clean out his cage
whenever people threw him food
which he didn’t like or wanted to eat
and he knew not to throw it back
because it scared the kids.
no reward meant
sore chimps