Limerick, Poetic Form Exercise Options

[Merlin]

When nary a soul is around me
and no aggravation surrounds me,
I'll dress as I want to
or take a short jaunt to
visit some gals that I found, me!

[JustDaniel]

He now visits the gals that've found 'im
in the outskirts o' some ol' kibbutzim
stretched out on' a blanket
o' hemp where they sank it
in barrel o' rum on a tree limb.

[Larry]

A tree limb that holds barrels of rum
must be big. Wonder where it is from!
I'm sure Merlin is there
and, maybe he will share
a small drink; have his girls give me some.

[JustDaniel]

If ye're drinkin' with Merlin and girls
won't be long 'til yer brain's seein' whorls
from the booze an' the pills
an' the lessening thrills...
ye're in debt now for diamonds an' pearls.

[Merlin]

That debt for Pearl's diamonds is hooge
especially when someone's a scrooge.
Had I chosen a zircon
or scrum chew us gherkin,
but here I go now - I'm a stooge.

[JustDaniel]

Yep, Merlin's a stooge 'cause 'e drank
way too much, huggin' girls, snortin' crank,
'til they got in his wallet.
Who cares what ya call it;
he now owes his life to the bank!

[Merlin]

The bank holds my life on deposit
as well as the brooms in my closet.
The snow shovel's mine
and so is the wine;
they refused my jalopy composite.

[JustDaniel]

His jalopy has hundreds of pieces
of others from rentals and leases;
they can't find the papers
that turned into vapors
or are covered with dirt, oil and greases.

[Larry]

Oils and greases now cover the dirt
and it would take an auto expert
with degreaser to find
what’s in front or behind
that rust-bucket of death with a squirt.

[Merlin]

That death took a squirt, it turned rusty
and the bucket smelled lily bit musty.
There were greases and oils
not to mention the coils;
the event was plain majorly fusty!

[JustDaniel]

If I knew what yer word "fusty" meant
I'd 've lessen'd the time that I spent
figg'rin' out what ta say
in some real clever way...
but the gears in me brain got all bent.

[Larry]

If the gears got all bent in your brain
then it must be a fusty old train
with one track and no RAM;
“not one grown from a lamb”.
Add some gigabytes and try again.

[Merlin]

Found some gigabytes down by the creek;
most were fossilized, really unique.
Few were bent in the brain,
that's because they had lain
in the sunshine for many a freaken week. *

* They were found in Africa.

[Larry]

For too many, a week of sunshine
would be frightening; I'd think it fine
but six feet plus of rain
has been really a pain.
Wish J.C. would come turn it to wine.

[JustDaniel]

Jesus didn't turn water to whine
about thirstiness nor to divine
who was thirsty or not;
Mom told him they had bought
not enough for all guests to have wine.

[Merlin]

The wine for all guests warn't enough
and they hollered, “Bring more of this stuff.”
Out came Cabernet,
they drank it away,
Out came Cabernet,
they quaffed that, you bet,
They brought Pinot Noir
from the Madam's boudoir,
They brought out Merlot
and that really did flow,
They brought out Merlot,
it was just a tad hot,
The good Sauvignon 
was seized by one nun,
Out came the Chablis;
this they drank merrily
but next day more than several felt ruff!

[JustDaniel]

If you drank like a sot and feel low
please don't blame it upon the Merlot;
it was Merlin's stuck keys
and his too-frequent pees
left his guests to go get what they chose.

[Merlin]

His guests went to get what they chose;
at this stage very few wore their clothes.
The party was rocking,
the goings-on shocking!
Romance by soft moonlight is best, as you knows.

[JustDaniel]

Romance by soft moonlight is best, as you know
especially when her blue eyes are aglow
and the music is loud and hard to understand like Bob Dillon
and your partner is tuned to you and says she is willin'
and Merlin is writing the lyrics of the music and directing its flow.

[Merlin]

While Merlin writes lyrics, the music continues
to titillate mussels and tickle the sinews.
The times are a-changin,
Bob Dylan's rear-angin'
and all Tangled Up in the Blues.