Limerick, Poetic Form Exercise Options

[Larry]

Is your cause for alarm injuries
that occur when you’re messing with bees?
Then buy honey in jars
from a store and the scars
on your face are from acne’s disease.

[JustDaniel]

If that acne disease is your trouble
I'm afraid that you live in a bubble
of face-cleansing soap
without any hope
that all of your problems won't double.

[Larry]

If your problems all double with ease
and the cold hand of fate seems to tease
you at every turn
then someday you may learn
that they disappear when on your knees.

[JustDaniel]

If your knees disappear with disease
then your illness is nothing to tease,
so I'll say I am sorry;
I'll try not to worry...
is it catching? how big are the fees?

[Larry]

The big fleas you are catching reside
anywhere on your hairy pet’s hide;
from their nose to their tail
you’ll find them without fail
and realize the med-makers all lied.

[JustDaniel]

If your med-seller lied to your face
your arthritis is keeping apace
but your limbs will not bend
and your arms can't extend
and you're no longer walking with grace.

[Larry]

If you’re no longer walking with Grace,
then you must have put her in her place
with that fooling around.
She’s now hog-tied and bound
on a ship headed for outer space.

[JustDaniel]

If your head's in a ship out in space,
you should focus your mind and embrace
what you're doing down here
without panic our fear
or you're likely your mind to erase.


The line in bold had been somehow eliminated!

[Larry]

It is likely your mind was erased
for the Limerick you wrote is defaced
by line four which was missed
but no boos; I’ve not hissed!
Was it lost as you copied to paste?

[JustDaniel]

When you copy and paste, I'm afraid
you may lose part of what you have said
if you're sloppy and quick
and you use a glue stick
that you found in your drawer, dried and frayed.

[Larry]

In some dried and frayed drawers there was found
a hard object that’s quite large and round
but it’s only an egg
used in darning. I’ll beg
you to keep thoughts you had safe and sound.

[JustDaniel]

With your thought safe and sound in your drawers
it's not hard to imagine your floors
littered high with old 'zines
and your new holey jeans
that are zipped up as one of your chores.

[Larry]

If your chores include zipping your jeans
then you must still be in your late teens
so if you want a life
better get a rich wife
or you’ll find out what poverty means.

[JustDaniel]

If you don't know what poverty means
stand around with your hands in your jeans;
you'll develop the feel
and you'll know that it's real
a month after your last rice and beans.

[Larry]

Every month while your rice and beans last
they’re fixed for Monday’s lunch. Your repast
is the perfect protein
but sometimes it is mean
to the folks behind you, they’re a-gassed.

[JustDaniel]

You're a-gassed by the things that I eat?
Well, then please do not follow my feet;
You can go were you may!
I suppose still some day
you'll be found far too close to my seat.

[Larry]

If your seat is too close, you’ll be found
in the odious clouds which abound
near some flatulent guy
but you’ll never know why
‘cause the stench will put folks in the ground.

[Larry]

If some folks on the ground smell the stench
and they’re looking for someone to lynch
for that foul gas attack
which escaped from your crack
just sit there on the bench and don’t flinch.

[JustDaniel]

If you sit on the bench playing Flinch
you'll not get in the game; it's a cinch.
Oil your glove, check your bats;
use your hat to kill gnats.
Let the coach know you'll hit in a pinch.

[Larry]

If you hit when you’re pinched tell the coach
that your teammates should never encroach
in your space showering
because power will sting
and you’ll step on each one like a roach.