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The pizza delivery boy
Rode fast on his two-wheeled toy
But he couldn't quite manage
To gain an advantage
on the horse sent for Helen of Troy

A French attaché in Botswana
 

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A French attaché in Botswana
Went looking in vain for a sauna
but she ran into peril
 

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A French attaché in Botswana
Went looking in vain for a sauna
but she ran into peril
When she peeked in a barrel
 

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A French attaché in Botswana
Went looking in vain for a sauna
but she ran into peril
When she peeked in a barrel
And found more flora than fauna.



A giggling gaggle of geese
 

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A giggling gaggle of geese
On the lookout for mirthful release
 

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A giggling gaggle of geese
On the lookout for mirthful release
Drank far too much brew
And when they were threw
 

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A giggling gaggle of geese,
On the lookout for mirthful release,
Drank far too much brew
And, when they were threw,
needed dozens of aspirin apiece.

A gentleman from north of Springfield
 

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LOL...I can't believe I did that..."threw" LOL

A gentleman from north of Springfield
Paused at the sign that said: YIELD.
 

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A gentleman from north of Springfield
Bought a dull knife and not a damn thing peeled
But what an excuse
to hire a masseuse
 

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A gentleman from north of Springfield
Bought a dull knife and not a damn thing peeled
But what an excuse
to hire a masseuse
and meantime the soup stock congealed.

Can I resurrect this one? I thought it was promising:

A gentleman from north of Springfield
Paused at the sign that said: YIELD.

He argued "But why?!"
 

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A gentleman from north of Springfield
Paused at the sign that said: YIELD. Meter: tsk, tsk
He argued "But why?!"
Then a truck zoomed on by
 
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A gentleman from north of Springfield
Paused at the sign that said: YIELD. Meter: tsk, tsk*
He argued "But why?!"
Then a truck zoomed on by
And the reason for YIELD was revealed.

*And this meter is better? "Bought a dull knife and not a damn thing peeled"
Looks like too many syllables to me, but then, so does "A gentleman from north of Springfield." Aren't lines one, two and five supposed to fit within the following rhythm?

da DUH da da DUH da da Duh da
(nine syllables)

with some allowances for leading and trailing non-stressed extras as in:
When the Lady from Springfield went walloping.

So I read the prompt as follows, even though it was a stretch:
A gentleman from north of Springfield
... and my submission fit like this (I thought):
Paused at the sign that said: YIELD.
(I dropped the initial 'da' and didn't include the extras within the line)

On the other hand, what do I know? I just play this game.

When my cell phone fell into the sink
 

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(Pthom, you're right, the dull-knife line doesn't exactly fit the prescribed pattern. Only if you treat its "and" like a grace note, slipping it in quietly, does the line divide into groups of three syllables. What was I thinking?!

I had to read the other line as "A GENTleman FROM north of SPRINGfield" to make limerick sense of it. This affected the way I read "Paused at the sign that said yield." I wanted an additional, accented syllable before "yield.")

When my cell phone fell into the sink
I yelled "Someone bring me a drink!"
 

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When my cell phone fell into the sink
I yelled "Someone bring me a drink!"
With my ear to the drain
I heard 'Lady of Spain'
 

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When my cell phone fell into the sink
I yelled "Someone bring me a drink!"
With my ear to the drain
I heard 'Lady of Spain'
And still hear it...damn, I can't think!

A big horse on four wheels is a toy
 

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A big horse on four wheels is a toy
That not everyone seems to enjoy.
Those folks try to feed 'em
by catapult. "Freedom!"


A bit ugly, that, but I'm struggling to maintain the theme.
 

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A big horse on four wheels is a toy
That not everyone seems to enjoy.
Those folks try to feed 'em
by catapult. "Freedom!"
And thus let the Greeks into Troy.


Forever's a long time a-coming
 

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Forever's a long time a-coming
more so if you've got dodgy plumbing
 
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