Lira Options

[JustDaniel]

When you give someone a chance
who's devoted but has no experience
your hiring them may advance
your business and may commence
a growth in character that could be immense.

[Larry]

Character could be immense
if it is built on a solid foundation
so don’t be riding the fence
but try a new sensation
by being good and causing consternation.

[JustDaniel]

If you've been consternated
it would help to get back to the a-b-c's;
you may be over-weighted.
Doing basics often frees
us to live without being on a trapeze.

[Larry]

Trapeze, I can live without
and don’t need one to get in the swing of things
but there would be little doubt
the thrills that one of them brings
but if you fall, you’re bound to get lots of dings.

[JustDaniel]

Yes, you're bound and got some dings
because of things you said before they gagged you.
Should have told them where your rings
were stored without hoop-de-doo.
Now your surgeon has to add another screw.

[Larry]

Surgeon adds another screw
as if the pain you feel wasn’t quite enough
when the bill that he shows you
as you lie there in the buff
lets you know that your finances will be rough.

[JustDaniel]

Knew finances would be rough
when bookkeeper's printouts were on sandpaper.
This year is gonna be tough
and it will be no caper;
likely to be a penny-pinching scraper.

[Larry]

A penny pinching scraper
squeezed his coins so hard that they became quite flat
and then he used a shaper
to turn them into a hat
so he’d always know where his money was at.

[JustDaniel]

Always know where your money
goes when you're prepping for your Easter egg hunt.
You must find where the bunny
will hide the eggs, to be blunt,
so you can know which kids to bet on, up front.

[Larry]

You know which kids to bet on
if you have correctly filled out your bracket
so you can get on the phone
and make a lot of racket
when Buffet pays the million, he can stack it.

[JustDaniel]

At the buffet, just stack it
on every inch of your plate to fill the thing;
extra trips, you must admit,
may have a familiar ring,
but there's no need to stand out; just make it spring.

[Larry]

But there’s no need to stand out
in the rain and not open your umbrella
unless you are kind of stout
or a very big fella
who loves singing in the rain a capella.

[JustDaniel]

Prone to singing in the rain?
Didn't your mother teach you to come inside?
You need to learn to restrain
yourself performing outside
when you're likely to get a cold for your pride.

[Larry]

When you’re likely to get cold
it is best if you dress in lots of layers;
at least that is what I’m told
but there are some naysayers
who ask if you can still roll with the players.

[JustDaniel]

If you're playing with rolling
you had best be sure that the pot is legal
unless you are cajoling
or believe that you're regal.
Since you're on the beach, watch out for the seagull.

[Larry]

Seagulls sense you’re on the beach
and appear out of nowhere to beg for food
staying slightly out of reach
they are able to elude
angry sunbathers hit by what they extrude.

[JustDaniel]

Sunbathers become upset
when arrivals blare music and feed winged rats;
they won't guard their spots, I'll bet
when one of their kids combats
the gulls and they have to leave to help their brats.

[Larry]

The gulls leave to locate food
to bring home to their chicks in hidden nests
and they don’t mean to be rude
but beachgoers will attest
if you don’t give them something you will be messed.

[JustDaniel]

If you would like to be messed,
on the contrary, give them something to eat;
you may put it to the test:
to your neighbors they'll repeat
dropping all over them and around their seat.

[Larry]

Droppings all around their feet,
penned up chickens walk around in wire cages
because they’re made to compete
as the free-range war wages
but the fear of expensive eggs assuages.