Limerick, Poetic Form Exercise Options

[JustDaniel]

You get cooties on Capital Hill
from officials who have taken the pill
to strengthen their power,
but they've lost their flower
and caused all their juices to spill.

[Merlin]

They caused all their juices to spill
from here down to Delphia’s Phil.
Wherever they went
they came and they spent,
no thought as to who’d pay the bill.

[Larry]

Pay the bill? Who’d a thought there was need
when the tax-man makes everyone bleed.
I’m just glad that I’m old
and won’t be the one told,
“Hand the Chinese the USA’s deed.”

[JustDaniel]

When the Chinese have lent us our max
and have siphoned off funds by their hacks
of our internet sites
they, without any fight,
will take over. There's no more to tax.

[Merlin]

There's no more to tax I can pay
before they will put me away
so I’ll write you a verse
and what could be worse
than a Limerick to brighten your day?

[Larry]

Limericks brighten your day with a smile
and you may even chuckle a while
until you’re out of breath.
Taxes end with your death
but ‘till then, give us wit with your guile.

[Merlin]

My guile went away on vacation –
escaped with my new aberration!
They’ve visited Prague,
both she and dat frog,
then she left him for a hunky Croatian!

[Larry]

With her hunky Croatian in tow
did she sail down to ol' Kokomo
for Caribbean food
where she picked up a dude
and then told the Croat where he could go?

[Merlin]

Where to go with a Croat in a boat
who keeps wearing an ancient trench coat?
If he flashes once more,
I’m heading ashore.
As for him, we shall see if he’ll float!

[JustDaniel]

Sing a hymn as you sip on a float --
not too fast, or your belly will bloat --
'cause ice cream and root beer
interact a bit queer,
so it can be a volatile tote!

[Merlin]

Sir Ramic has vun vol of tile,
anudder is sum sorta style
I don’t recognize
but it shore please de ize,
when you look out de window a while.

[JustDaniel]

Ven e lookz outdevindow awhile
he rememberz dat e must seem vile
'cause e ain't no cloze
an don't you suppoz
'is neighbor is lookin' wid guile!

[Merlin]

Ma neighbor an his luvly guile
lookin' outer de winder an smile!
De doan see nobuddy
so de go an make study…
da stud said they’d try a new style!

[JustDaniel]

If ya's changin' the style of yer stud
ya'd better be sher 'e's no dud,
'cause no offspring'll come
from the guy if 'e's numb
or 'e's merely a stick in de mud!

[Merlin]

De Limericks got stuck in de mud,
den fell off de Earth mit a thud!
Now lost out in space
will daydo about face
an come back to life in full flood?

[JustDaniel]

Fer life ta come back in full flood
ya gotta stop sloppin' in suds.
Yas fallin' ta sleep
without leavin' a peep
on the boards, 'cause it's dopin' yer blood.

[Larry]

Dopin' blood is the cause that the board
stripped poor Lance of his gold medal hoard.
Now the tour's not the same
and all France wants to blame
the pariah that once was adored.

[JustDaniel]

The Messiah who once was adored
was hung out to the shouts of the horde
so he was crucified.
It's for our sins he died
and arose. He'll be back with a sword.

[Merlin]

He sword he’d be back in a jiffy
right after a trip to the biffy
so we sat around waiting
but while contemplating,
we noticed the biffy got sniffy!

[JustDaniel]

It's true he had gone to the privy.
To what he did there we're not privy.
What later was found
all over the ground,
not one of us offered to divvy.