Limerick, Poetic Form Exercise Options

[Larry]

If he visits Teresa tonight
he might get in one hell of a fight
‘cause her husband came home
from his visit to Rome
where the Pope said she’d cheated for spite.

[JustDaniel]

If she's cheated for spite, then the Pope
must have said to confess, or no hope
would be given to her
and her priest will concur
that her life hangs by thread from a rope.

[Larry]

If she hangs from a rope by a thread
she is probably already dead
and Teresa’s poor mate
asks if priests expiate
suicide and reach Heaven instead...

[JustDaniel]

If your sewer side reaches the sky
there is something that's greatly awry
because poop runs downhill
and such height surely will
cause a backup that all will decry.

[Larry]

Will you cry if they backup because
of your texting at lights when you pause
or do you really care
when you’ve something to share
even though you are breaking some laws.

[JustDaniel]

If you're breaking the law when you drive
texting messages ere you arrive
at a place you could stop,
have a place you can plop
down your phone when the cop shows up live.

[Larry]

Put down phones! Do you think cops are blind?
When the Highway Patrol’s right behind
with a ticket in hand
that may cost you a grand.
Did “Can you hear me now?” cross your mind?

[JustDaniel]

If your mind is so crossed you can't hear
when a clearly marked car's roaring near
then you should never drive
with that phone; don't contrive
lame excuses, like "was drinking beer!"

[Larry]

An excuse when you like drinking beer
is that hard liquor doesn’t come near
to the buzz from some stout;
you’ll just drink and pass out
like at home when you swig everclear.

[JustDaniel]

If you swing at your home when it's clear
there's no rain in the forecast you hear
then you should have checked out
local weather; there's doubt
that the sunshine will ever appear.

[Larry]

That the sunshine will ever appear
is a truism which we hold dear
for if it didn’t rise
well, then everyone dies
and the world will have nothing to fear.

[JustDaniel]

If the world would have nothing to fear
then they must get their hearts back in gear
for the Son will return
for all those who'd not spurn
what He's done... and to draw up the rear.

[Larry]

If you draw up the rear when He’s done
then it’s time judgment day has begun
where the last will be first;
you were blessed and not cursed
when baptized emulating the Son.

[JustDaniel]

If you are emulating the Son
you will probably not speak in pun
'cause his serious mind
would not be so defined
to confuse us to feel we're undone.

[Larry]

If you’re feeling undone or confused
and your who, what and where are abused;
dizziness fills your feet
and you’ve mussed up the street
then you’re probably just over-boozed.

[JustDaniel]

Over-boozed is what I've never been
though I've been manic once and again,
but I dare not go back
lest I totally crack
and end up in a back-woods trash bin.

[Larry]

In the back-woods trash bins are a hole
very deep and too large for a mole
where most things can be tossed
but you’ll never get lost
for its stench follows you on your stroll.

[JustDaniel]

If your stench follows you on your stroll
then you hadn't cleaned up where your hole
had shot out awful stuff
where you stood in your buff;
you'd not paid well that old clean-up troll!

[Larry]

If you’re cleaning up with an old troll
I would say your ablutions are droll
if an old doll competes
with some nice downy sheets
that will flush down your white porcelain bowl.

[JustDaniel]

If you're flushing a doll down your bowl
then it's likely you'll soon play the role
of a flummoxed old plumber,
and it's really a bummer,
'cause the thing's stuck half-way down the hole.