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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'ticker'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> My ticker may soon need replacing; My heartbeat, from drug use, is racing. It's pumping like mad, And I'm amping so bad That a heart attack surely I'm facing. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'resurrector resurrection'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> He's a grab or a snatcher he'll scan Recent graves, which he'll rob as he can. But such a collector Likes the name resurrector, Resurrection-cove, -jarvey or -man. <LIMERICK_END...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'brook dissension'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The candidate said, "I should mention: As your mayor I won't brook dissension. There will be no debate On the views that I state." Thus he quickly fell out of contention. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'appendicitis'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Press your belly as hard as you might. Test for hellish sharp pain on the right. If there's none, you'll be fine. If there's lots (Aaron's sign), Appendicitis is clearly your plight. <LIMERI...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'water polo'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> When our soccer team won, it was heaven. We called them our "Golden Eleven." Then four players were hurt And they had to convert. Water polo's their game, as they're seven. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'nether temptations'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I will foil all my nether temptations: One-piece underwear brooks no sensations. When I say, "Turn this dial," All my beaux run a mile — So I smile at my "vile" combinations. <LIMERICK...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'mexican girlfriend'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> My Mexican girlfriend is Nina. We met at the local marina. In her odd-sounding lingo She calls me a "gringo" Or "anglo," herself a "Latina." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'gender blind'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I am gender-blind really, since I Do not care if you're wearing a tie Or a skirt or you're nude. Never sexist nor rude, I am Death; and you're all going to die. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'gimcrack device'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I expected to see something nice. As described, it then seemed worth the price. But it's shoddily made And its worth's overplayed, So, in short, it's a gimcrack device. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'golden weddings'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Golden weddings are seldom these days, And a couple, once married, that stays Together that long (Fifty years) must be strong, Many others go separate ways. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'tingling spine'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> It was blood-tingling (spine-tingling) when I beheld my dear lassie again— She was back from a fair And now sat in a chair Unmistakably dead in my den. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'tucson searing'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Tucson's searing the soles of my feet, So, near noon, I head in off the street. In the shade's where I'll linger, Not moving a finger— A conditioned response to the heat. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'camp actor'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A camp actor: his style represents Quite a new way of seeing events. Yes, the way he performs Inverts all other norms By bad taste, on the stage (not in tents). <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cardigan bay'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> From a seaside resort go the sails Out to Cardigan Bay and its gales. Aberystwyth's a town Getting fame and renown From the National Library of Wales. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'asyndeton'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> An asyndeton's simply a twist, A poetic or rhythmic assist, So a sentence still functions Though lacking conjunctions 'Tween verbs, adverbs, nouns—like a list. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'breasts'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I think breasts are attractive, somewhat, Though they don't drive me outta my nut. I'm a big booty freak. Hon, let's stand cheek to cheek. What I want to abut is a butt. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'proudly cabbagetown'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> From a land of dire famine they came; A new life in Toronto their aim. And in the front yard They grew cabbage and chard: Proudly, Cabbagetown still keeps its name. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'hounds tails'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> My love for my hound's off the scales. As a find dog, however, he fails. He enjoys a good hunt, But his nose—I'll be blunt— Turns up nothing but other hounds' tails. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'chimney needs'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The chimney needs urgent repairs, Since its lining is covered in tears. The firebrick's crumbled. On the roof, folks have stumbled, Mistaking the shaft for the stairs. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'oath'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Under oath we will vouch for you, Ken. We know you're no killer of men. It's called compurgation— We'll be your salvation, And soon you'll be free once again. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'scented soaps'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A smelly young student called Howard Never washed, never bathed, never showered. He raised his friends' hopes Buying six scented soaps But was too scared to use them, the coward! <LIMERICK_...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bottled'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Be it bottled, or frozen or canned, When I shop I don't grab what's at hand: While "Brand X" may excel With its price, taste or smell, I stay loyal, and buy by the brand. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'nauseous'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Sometimes, after a big operation On your stomach, there's this complication: Feeling dizzy and nauseous After meals, so be cautious. Dumping syndrome's a major frustration. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'commanders'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> It's not true that commanders don't care. It's a shame that those children were there, But bombs fall, it is sad, On the good with the bad. As they say in Paree, "C'est la guerre." <LIMERICK_E...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'chickens run'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Your chickens run loose in the grass, And they peck at my legs as I pass, And I step in their poop! Oh, please build them a coop— To emmew will impress any lass. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bee'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Do I dare be a bee? Is that me? Dress in stripes, buzz around, sting with glee? It bewilders me, pard; It bepuzzled the bard! So to bee/not to bee? What's to be? <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'distomatosis'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> With his distomatosis, he squirms. It's so risky a case he confirms That he's scrubbing his plan To become the first man To subsist on a diet of worms. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'line exhale'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> My false-negative pregnancy tale: The stick's showing one line. I exhale. But I've not failed the test— You can all guess the rest... Nine months later the stork brings me mail. <LIMERICK_END...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'centrist'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A centrist in life, it would seem, Not with leftists or rightists will scheme. His position's no riddle— He's right down the middle— Avoids what he thinks is extreme. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'litteram net'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> There's a book I've been aiming to get. To receive it, I'll glue and reset All the pieces you rent And then gradually sent: It's an old ante litteram 'Net! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'fourth king'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Lay all playing cards out in a ring Like a clock-face each thirteenth card bring To the centre. Thence flip Each card over, and slip It in place, till you turn the fourth king. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'big oaf'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> When young Jack cross-examined my client, The big oaf came across as defiant: He said, "Fee, fi, fo, fum," And made threats. Pretty dumb— I should know not to act for a giant. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'reactor'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "Chain reactions can sometimes be calm," The student replied with aplomb. "Control is the factor That makes a reactor; You'd otherwise call it a bomb." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'calibration compares'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Calibration compares a device To a standard that's proven precise. It's how plants can attest Process gear's at its best. For an audit, no less will suffice. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'burleycue show'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Friday nights, at the burleycue show, There they sat, gawking up from below: Aging bankers and schemers— In the dark, merely dreamers— Up front in the bald-headed row. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'charmer'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "Feast your eyes on my coat of mail fine," Quoth Sir Guy. "'Tis this season's design. You can't help be a charmer In flexible armour. Lead me on to the wenches and wine." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'aquarius'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> This is the age of Aquarius. Its dawning brought benefits various. You can ask, "What's your sign?" (The dog star is mine.) After that it gets pretty nefarious. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'antigravity houses'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Antigravity houses create In the mind an illusory state — Water flowing uphill, Objects clinging at will To the walls 'cause these structures aren't straight. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'savior adoremus'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The Redeemer's returned! It is true — Make us great again, that's what he'll do. No matter behavior, You're our adored Savior: Adoremus te, Trump! We love You! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'probing'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> My job at the airport demands That I grope you and squeeze with my hands. This succinct explanation Provides disculpation For probing your crannies and glands. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'diplomacy wisdom'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A man who will always react With diplomacy, wisdom, and tact Can negotiate best At his country's behest For an antiaggression-type pact. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'sermons'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> All sermons should be apolitical, With the focus on God. It is critical That they don't back one slate, Keeping Church out of State; When combined, they become parasitical. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'formatting'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> What is formatting? Work I revile: Arranging my poems in a style That obeys arcane rules Set by pig-headed mules. Use italics? Use quotes? What a trial! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'gift aid'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Assistance that's known as gift aid Is a loan that need not be repaid. Note: The dough that you got From that loan shark is not Even nearly the same, I'm afraid. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'love aphrodite'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The goddess of love, Aphrodite, Wearing naught but a Phrygian nightie, Asked the king of Dardania, "Are you man for my mania?" Anchises replied, "Well... alrighty." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'growing hoarseness'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Growing hoarseness? No need for despair — You just sit in Doc's ENT chair. Tiny tube up your nose; Fiber optics disclose — "Hi there, Larynx; what's happening there?" <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cops'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Are you feeling as safe on your street With the new crop of cops on the beat? If there's nowhere to hide, Insecure and untried, More than likely they'll beat a retreat. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'loehmann'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The savviest shopper well knows About Loehmann's Back Room and its clothes; For its discounted fashions Arouse all her passions. She's chic from her head to her toes. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'word chrono'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The word chrono- (from Greek) denotes "time". On its own it's not easy to rhyme. It's an element, though, Of some words that we know: Swiss chronometers (simply sublime). <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'acid mantle'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Acid mantle? Not seen on inspection, This film offers skin a protection From microbe infection. It's nature's direction, Expressed through genetic selection. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'augustus looks'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> In this bust, great Augustus looks staid. Out of cipolin marble it's made. Might he mind being seen With a face streaked with green? Can't be helped—I'm afraid it won't fade. <LIMERICK_END...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'ricks abolished'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> All lim'ricks abolished? No way! What else would we do here each day? No verses to write Or read with delight — A playground with nothing to play! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'warns purgatorily'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A thing that's perceived auditorily, With attention or just desultorily, Is anything heard From a work to a word — Or a sermon that warns purgatorily. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'neural cells'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "Now, the neurons," said Dr. Garcia, "Are surrounded by cells called the glia, Which support and protect Neural cells, in effect, Like the contents within a tortilla." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'drinking hooch'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Drinking hooch can make vision get blurred; What one labors to say may get slurred. The device one will fill To distill it's a still, Though alembic's a much nicer word. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'asteroidea starfish'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Asteroidea (starfish) aren't fleet, But can smell through their small, sticky feet. Their first stomachs extrude To engulf largish food; At their top, they've a hole to excrete. <LIME...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'slogan'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Uncle Sam, in the posters I'd see, Had a finger that pointed at me. He implored, "I Want YOU!" In the '90s, he'd woo With a slogan: Be All You Can Be. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'gretta gown'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Gretta's gown's too revealing, they say, Since her butt is, at times, on display. Now her prom she must leave With this shift they perceive Was once worn at a hospital stay. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cluster gear'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> In a manual auto transmission, A cluster gear's awesome dentition Shares a rotating shaft. The mechanical craft Of the crashbox takes skillful transition. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'steam trains'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> In my childhood days steam trains were fun; Sudden tunnels extinguished the sun. Phone lines rose, dipped and rose— Dad was quick to propose, "That's how trackside catenaries run." <LIMERICK...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'quixotic adventures'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Quixotic adventures in Spain Were Miguel de Cervantes' domain. He wrote of a knight Who would tilt in a fight At the windmills he'd sight in the rain. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bishopric bloc'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> To enlighten his Catholic flock, The old pope sent his bishopric bloc An encyclical letter — Mere drivel, no better. Parishioners called it a crock. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'variations'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I confess that the calculus of Variations ain't math that I love: Where you study the ins And the outs of the mins Of a function approached from above. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'benchmarking software'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Benchmarking software's my task; I work in QA and folks ask: IF test case succeeds THEN measure the speeds ELSE document bugs to unmask <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'twelve items'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> It's no joke that you shouldn't ignore The rules in a grocery store. For TWELVE ITEMS OR LESS Are the lanes marked "Express"— Watch your back if you dare to try more. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'age 90'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> At age 90, I say I'm alive And kicking. The docs say I thrive On a life filled with action. You want satisfaction? Then live! Don't just merely survive. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'affair lost'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> When their love affair lost all its fizz, They sat back-to-back, Mr., Ms.; Asyndetic together, Sans chemistry tether: She went on her way; he went his. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'commercial song'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "That commercial's song makes my heart tingle. And I think it would make a great single." Tom chimed in quite tersely, And somewhat adversely, "Dump the product and just sell the jingle."...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'savings ascending'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> You're obstructive, forestalling my spending, But that won't see our savings ascending. Our account PIN you've changed, But since then I've arranged A new credit card. Shopping's unendi...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'round saturn'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Round Saturn, a beautiful thing Is a shepherd moon's orbital swing, And A is in place Thanks to gravity's grace Because Atlas is mooning that ring. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'grizelda'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> When Grizelda was slapped by a waiter, Her amazement could not have been greater. Then again, knowing her, It was bound to occur, With her arrogance, sooner or later. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bowsprit'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> For your bowsprit to work and not fail, Hold it tight with a rope, not a nail. A thick bobstay will hold It. Your foremast won't fold, So it's off to the sea for your sail. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'dance'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> He's a b-boy who'll freeze, rock and shake. In the 'hood he can make sidewalks quake. He can spin on his head With his legs all aspread— Can he dance? Oh please, give me a break! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bite mash'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Like a slow-motion motorway smash, My teeth get destroyed when I gnash. I grind them together Whatever the weather. So worn now, they'll only bite mash. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'decibels show'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Many decibels show something's loud, Like this rowdy, appreciative crowd. The strength of their revel— The decibel level— Means they're wowed by your singing. Be proud! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'carnivorous flower'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Watch an insect fall under the power Of a certain carnivorous flower Whose corolla has shape To prevent an escape. What a beautiful way to devour! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'giraffeless'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Many zoos that are small are giraffeless; When comedians bomb, they are laughless; And when something's pure gold, Without fault, I am told, One can say that the paragon's chaffless. <LIMERIC...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'nine yen'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> My dollar buys eighty-nine yen; But a buck's worth of francs, eighty-ten. I might head to the bank, Buy some yen with a franc, And then do it again and again. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'joe broke'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Rookie Joe broke his wrists on that swing. Will he soon have each arm in a sling? No, it's clear he has learned That his wrists must be turned As he swings. At the plate he is king. <LIMERICK_E...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'mahogany knife'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The mahogany knife here displayed Has a thin and elongated blade. It's a cream-slice—employed By my grandfather Floyd To cut ice cream my grandmother made. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bank'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "My last words shall be truthful and frank, Captain Morgan said, walking the plank: "Between east and north-east Lies a gold-hoarding beast." So we looked. What we found was a bank. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'identity swap'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Despite pleas, legal process won't stop, And tomorrow your body should drop— As a crack-halter, though, You're a failure. I know, 'Cause you made an identity swap! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'barry drew'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I once had a beau, Barry Drew, Who said, "Someday I will marry you!" I have waited for years, I recall through my tears— Barry's plan, though, did not carry through. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'human heads'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Human heads possess cranial bones Which protect vital parts that one owns, But may not be enough For such delicate stuff. So wear hard hats in hazardous zones. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bowed psaltery'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> My little bowed psaltery's a treat, Melodically quite hard to beat. With four strings, and the bow Set aslant them, just so, Gently bowing, my scale I'll complete. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'reading limericks'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "Doc, I think I am losing my mind — Concentration and reason unwind." "Yes, there's clear indication Of slow dementation. Reading limericks will do that, we find." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'fire brigade'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Noble fire brigade, long have you strived To extinguish wild flames and contrived From roof top and steeple To rescue trapped people (And kittens), so most have survived. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'sun like'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Leaf and stem have a sandpaper feel. In the full of the sun, like a wheel, See her petals of sky That surround every eye: Little suns, with a shining appeal. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'wild aurochs'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Breeding back the wild aurochs? What for? That enormous fierce bovine of yore Would attack, gore, and trample: A dreadful example For Bossie. Think twice, I implore! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'nails'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I suggest, "Let's go up to your place." Without warning, she sprays me with Mace. Hadn't noticed her nails, Which she swiftly unveils Then she viciously claws at my face. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'oozing antiperspirant'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The exudative sweat drops are oozing. Antiperspirant use he's refusing, So let's wait until Fritz Falls asleep where he sits, Then slosh Ban in his pits while he's snoozing. <LIMERI...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'al qaeda'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Are there any who're worse than these jerks Called Al Qaeda? They say they do works Of avengers and martyrs— They're really just starters Of terror who die with their quirks. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'unions'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> To change laws that are causing chagrin, Trust our union: they'll help us to win. We'll have clout, there's no doubt, If you don't contract out. (In some unions one must contract in.) <LIMERICK_EN...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'trudged'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The dispassionateness showed on his face. Forty hours per week in this place With detachment he trudged. This career he'd misjudged; Now he felt like a rat in a race. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'platypus'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "The platypus, class, is one creature Who is duck-billed, a very strange feature. For sure there are more: Like dinosaurs (four) And a rarely seen fish," preached my teacher. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'proud axis'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The proud axis, a South Asian deer, Carries antlers as sharp as a spear. Facing one, I am cowed, Though for crying out loud — How could "axises" (sic!) cause me fear? <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cane planting'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> In Europe, it started in Spain— A new money crop led to more gain. A sugar cane planting Looked very enchanting, So the farmers began to raise cane. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'annoyingly'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> She's too sylphlike, too flawless of face, An embodiment: beauty and grace. Though perhaps not intended, She's annoyingly splendid — A polestar to all in the place. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'said demille'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "You were great. You're too good to ignore," Said DeMille. "You were simply top drawer!" Then his picture debuted: I'm cut out. I'm so screwed. I was left on the cutting room floor. <LIMERIC...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'addison phelps'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "I'll be caught spouting yammers and yelps When I'm addled," said Addison Phelps. "And I don't give a fig If you ken, or can dig…" (You don't have to be mad, but it helps.) <LIMERICK_END>
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