Limerick, Poetic Form Exercise Options

[JustDaniel]

He was born with no shape and no color,
and he didn't look much like his mother,
but Merlin was wise,
though 'twas but a disguise
for some inner disturbance or other.

[Larry]

For some others, disturbance is deep
and their frail minds end up losing sleep
but the chasms inside
Merlin’s mind where he’ll hide
makes one cautious when taking that leap.

[JustDaniel]

If you're cautious when taking that leap
into deep and relaxing night's sleep,
then your conscience needs clearing
to know what you're fearing.
Who knows what upon you may creep?

[Larry]

What may creep upon you is "who knows"
walking all through the house "tippy-toes",
you just might be deceived
when the cat with claws sheathed
jumps on you at the moment you doze.

[Merlin]

If she jumps you the moment you doze
or when reading some interesting prose,
you best pay attention
to what she will mention
lest your name should become “D Compose”.

[JustDaniel]

While you're there decomposing, your name
may be posted inside of a frame
on the headstone above
where you fell with a shove
and stopped breathing... so couldn't complain.

[Merlin]

Stop the breeding and do not complain –
even lemmings know when to refrain
and go jump off a cliff
over some silly tiff
caused when missus decides to abstain.

[Larry]

When the missus has cause to abstain
from assisting your faucet to drain
while she’s using your tool;
just be patient you fool
or your pants is where it will remain.

[JustDaniel]

In your pants is where you ought to stay
if you're walking outside in the day-
light, unless there's no one
out under the sun...
or you want a gendarme foray.

[Larry]

If your ginned arm looks furry you’ll want
to abstain from martinis and daunt
your desire to incur
Bacchus’ ire. You might stir
up some food before you become gaunt.

[JustDaniel]

If you're gaunt after you've stirred up food
then you probably don't eat what's good
for digestion, because
your meals probably cause
what is going on under your hood.

[Larry]

If you’re going to understand what
politicians are saying, you’re not
listening to what’s said
but what isn’t instead.
Their words come from what sits on the pot.

[JustDaniel]

If you're stirring up words from the pot
they are better to serve steaming hot
so they're harder to swallow
and what tends to follow
you'll spit out with refuse and snot!

[Larry]

It’s not that they refuse to spit out
what exactly they’re talking about;
it’s that their tongues are forked
and their bellies well porked
from tax troughs where they bury their snout.

[JustDaniel]

If you've buried your snout on the tacks
on the bulletin board, you've been lax
on how things are posted;
you shouldn't have boasted
how pointed were comments and facts.

[Larry]

to comment on the facts to a point
gets politicos’ nose out of joint
and for those who might say
things that get them that way
I believe that the Pope should anoint

[JustDaniel]

If the Pope has anointed your head
let us hope it's before you are dead;
for your blessing to thrive
it is best you're alive
to enjoy all the words he'd have said.

[Larry]

He’d have said to enjoy every word
of his homilies when they occurred
but you don’t have to be
very close to the See;
with the internet, he’s always heard.

[JustDaniel]

For your interest, haven't you heard
that those messages aren't from some bird
that flits over your head?
You just note what's been said
while those others are spreading the word.

[Larry]

Words of others are spreading in wile
some of which are considered quite vile
but to those who adhere
to his words will revere
what is said and forgive with a smile.