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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'christian pray'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Said a born-again Christian, "I pray To the Lord up above every day; I've a personal bond..." I jumped in to respond, "If it's personal, keep it that way." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'batsmen come'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> In cricket eleven go out To be fielders, and scurry about. Should the batsmen come in, Then get out, they won't win If they're out scoring nowt what a rout! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'light coat'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The limbs on the trees are all barish, And the wind, though it won't make me perish, Is autumnal and chill. A light coat fills the bill When I feel it is just a tad airish. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'one hertz'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> If saying "a cycle per second" Takes too long (as I've certainly reckoned), One can say "cps", But it's better, I guess, To instead say "one hertz" when one's beckoned. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'destination wedding'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A destination wedding empowers, For the guests have to stay, not for hours, But for days, they report, In some sunny resort, Or atop inaccessible towers. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'budget cuts'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Here's a sign our economy's nuts, And that someone from Congress has guts: Now the light at the end Of the tunnel, my friend, Will be shut due to new budget cuts. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'get dozen'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Get a dozen for one, it's a deal? Could you spare one? Or more for a meal? Stop, or turn on one tight, Or get off one and fight, Or drop one when calling to squeal. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'naked'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> When the play begins, that is, at rise, Those attending are rubbing their eyes. Though it's called Rated G, They're astounded to see All the actors are naked. Surprise! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'scratch something'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I've an itch and it needs a quick scratch: Something prompt—not a light or a match. I'm a nicotine fiend And expect to be weaned Off tobacco for good with dispatch. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'unspeakable fright'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> If you meet with a spook from damnation, I fear that you'll risk albication, And should you turn white From unspeakable fright, There's no doctor-approved medication. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'brick dick'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Even bumpkins call fast friends a brick. And a bloke who's not quick we'd call thick. Your mate Richard's not well, And you say, "Go to Hell!?" You're a hick with a sick, thick brick Dick. <LI...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'exit brutus'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Trusting motives whenever he can, He's deceived by a treacherous plan: "Not our stars but ourselves," Into darkness he delves— Exit Brutus: an hon'rable man. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'newspaper'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The cuts at the famed Oregonian Are shockingly deep and draconian. The newspaper trade Is kaput, I'm afraid. What's the future of news? The iPhonian! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'mole'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> When a speedy reaction's your goal, And your stuff's catalytic in role, Small amounts are enough: Though reactive, the stuff That you've added comes back, mole for mole. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'guns'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The measures we take are defensive; Our arming is swift and intensive. Obama's the prez And we've heard what he says About guns—yes, we're damned apprehensive. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bull elk'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> This elk is a cow. She's in heat. She is watching one bull elk get beat By another so beamy, So bullish, so dreamy, She's dazzled; her joy is complete. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'jake likes'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Jake likes fairness in government. Why? Should you ask him, you'll get this reply: "Constitutions should be Well-adjusted," says he. "You know me, I'm a eunomy guy." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'nose trust'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "Well, for now I shall follow my nose: Trust my instinct and see how it goes." "Jack, I think that's unwise; Your drab garb wins no prize — You do not have a nose for men's clothes!" <LIMERICK...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'fast diarrheal'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> At times, an unusual meal Makes me really regret how I feel. So I head, quite distressed, To the medicine chest For an anti- (run fast!) diarrheal. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'lovely ireland'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Lovely Ireland's the Emerald Isle, Where a man can retire in style In the county of Cork With a friend named O'Rourke— He's a redhead who wears a broad smile. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'service'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "You have something to offer? You say It's of value? In what kind of way?" "I can bring to the table The fact that I'm able To service your members today." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'investment'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> An outcome that's certain and sure Has a certain appeal and allure. So beyond any doubt, They get conned when you shout, "Your investment's completely secure!" <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'barbie'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> My cousin's a mean girl of five Whom I never would dare to deprive— Until one fateful day I took Barbie away; And her brattiness didn't survive. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bitten'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> You got bitten by Rover? Don't curse, For a snakebite's considerably worse. (With regard to compassion, These lines' stingy ration Is considerably low, for a verse.) <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'letters start'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Different letters start every new line Effectively; this is just fine. Fresh letters for each Gripping line I can reach— Hear this alphabet poem of mine. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'first string'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Say it "FIRST-string" or say it "first-STRING," They're the tops, and each player's a king. If the first string they're in, Most games they begin, And they're known from New York to Beijing....
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'pretense'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "One small point on my last illustration: I would offer a clarification. I make no pretense; If my words don't make sense, Let them match your exact inclination." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'adam apple'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> There once was a man from Fox Chapel Who was cursed with a huge Adam's apple. One morning bad luck Caused his hash to get stuck, And with scrapple the apple did grapple. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'oscilloscope glow'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A cold-cathode device, as we know, Gets unbonded electrons to flow. A small voltage potential Is all that's essential To make your oscilloscope glow. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'arthur eddington'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "Arthur Eddington, you're a rare bird, One of only three men, so I've heard, Who has mastered the thought Albert Einstein has wrought." He looked puzzled. "Why, who is the third?" <LIMER...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'familiar griselda'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Over there, snuggled up on my hat: My familiar, Griselda, the cat, Who assists me with spells (With my candles and bells). And she's always at hand for a chat. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'sex appeal'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Do you think that I've lost my allure? I've tried in my heart to be pure. I don't disregard sex Though it tends to perplex, But my sex appeal—that will endure! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'fresh lumber'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Massive cold decks of logs at each landing Await spring, when the mills are demanding. After winter's long slumber, There'll be calls for fresh lumber. So it goes… till there's not a tree st...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'campus life'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I've been teaching here since the school's founding, And the sins of its staff are abounding. Sex with students is rife (What they call "campus life"), And neglect of their learning's astound...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'limerick'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> While assembling this limerick I found That one rhyme which redounds is wound round. For a perfect example Of this you can sample Lines one, two and five (the -ound sound). <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bored blanks'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> As I write, seems I sprinkle stray spaces, Which throughout all my poems leave their traces. Perhaps as I ponder, Bored blanks start to wander, And nap in unorthodo x places. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'crackers refineries'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> In their crackers, refineries take Hydrocarbons as input and break (Catalytically treat) Them, through pressure and heat, Into gas—oh, the money they make! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'sunbathing nude'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> There was an old lady of Leek Who indignantly cried, "What a cheek! Those three men on my lawn Have cavorted since dawn; Now they're sunbathing nude as we speak!" <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'alka seltzer'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> If the bargain you've entered is Dutch, Then you might not remember it much. Alka-Seltzer might tempt, And your hair is unkempt, But you're still not exempt from its clutch. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'franklin farts'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Franklin's farts create ghastly conditions, But his priest is a man with ambitions: Franklin's effluence reeks, But his affluence speaks. The flock weathers his gaseous emissions. <LIMERIC...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'mother hen'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Mother hen saves her chicks from a battering: She protects every one with a smattering Of clucks, and as such, She looks after her clutch By rounding them up—lovely chattering! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'extremophiles live'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Some extremophiles live on the floor Of the ocean, but what the hell for? There's great pressure, no light, Yet for them life's just right In a neighborhood most would deplore. <LIMERI...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'lacking dexterity'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I'll tell you with all due sincerity, My fingers are lacking dexterity. My skills alphabetic Are truly pathetic. At the keyboard, I type with temerity. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'curateship'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A curateship isn't a boat On which curates and colleagues may float. It's a curacy and Of some sound social stand- ing at which "higher" people may gloat. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'allowable means'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Allowable means it's okay To do the thing tagged in this way. You have our permission. So, at your volition, Get on with it. Have a nice day. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bischoppis knox'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "Papisticall Bischoppis!" Knox Inveighed. They're unfit to lead flocks! And each bastard bird (I think James was the third) Of Paisley's affirms they're a pox. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'break dance'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> On the dance floor, Eduardo was breaking, Well aware of the chance he was taking Of busting his head. "When you break dance," says Ed, "It's all part of the image you're making." <LIMERICK_EN...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cryptocrystalline rocks'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> As our microscope-meister reports, Cryptocrystalline rocks made of quartz Comprise crystals so small He can't see them at all, As in flint, or chalcedony sorts. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cannabis'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> My son's very bright; all the same, His attendance at school is a shame. His written excuses Are forgeries, ruses — Could his cannabis use be to blame? <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cd drive'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> My computer's CD drive can play CDs in a similar way To what disc players do, And I'm telling you: "It plays music and pictures. Okay?" <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'george tiller'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> This wasn't the everyday filler, When we read the abortionist killer Aimed his gun at a pew In a church where he knew Sat his "enemy", Dr. George Tiller. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'pup affectional'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> As Sandi sat stroking the pup, Affectional urges surged: "Yup, I'll buy him," she said, "And I'll get a dog bed, And Manolo high heels to chew up." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'eat burgers'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> To eat burgers all day was the plan, So I fried a whole load in a pan, But the meat in those buns Only gave me the runs. Now I'm spending all day on the can. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'miss ann'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Go ahead, we'll just call you Miss Ann. Act as white as you possibly can. You can pass? We don't care. Go and straighten your hair, Dye it blonde, learn to ski, join the Klan. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'open warfare'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Open warfare is not the right way To defeat their large army, I say. Take them out one by one; In the end they will run, And attrition will carry the day. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'foreign tongues'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I do not understand what you're saying. Words fly past my head without staying, Like those foreign tongues, such As I'd call double Dutch, Or the sound of an old donkey's braying. <LIMERI...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'plants'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "It just needs some water," she said, As more plant food was spread on its bed. She cannot comprehend Why the plants she may tend, Despite round-the-clock care, remain dead. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cursory word'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Please consider my hasty submission Of this cursory word definition. It is lacking in care, Took no time to prepare, And is sketchy and scant, in addition. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'noodle soup'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Noodle soup! I feel better already! I find its aroma is heady. When I'm sick or just blue, Comfort foods get me through, Along with my favorite teddy. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'mind motivation'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Can you help find my lost application? It belongs in my mind's motivation, Near my gumption and thrust, Labelled "do what you must", Resting tight on my, er, concentration. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'articulate speech'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Articulate speech is well said— Your message makes sense in my head. Your thoughts are not jumbled, Nor are your words mumbled, But uttered quite clearly instead. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'hippopotami massed'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Hippopotami massed in a bloat Will threaten and sink a small boat. Though a fat river-horse Slurps a veggie main course, You're invading his turf when you float. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'gregorian monks'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Gregorian monks like to sing; Benedictines perform early swing. I'll record their robed choir — Sell enough to retire. It's the chants of a lifetime. Ka-ching! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'biker gang'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I'm Big Ant'ny, ya' know, that's my name. And I'm part of the biker gang game. Some are bad, some are worse; In our minds, quite diverse, Though it's true that we all dress the same. <LIMERICK...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'stash'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> This is smokable stuff, guaranteed, Which could get you as high as you need. But you're fresh out of cash, So you won't score a stash. What a drag not to drag on some weed. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'marshland'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Come settle my marshland with me. Yes, it's rugged and damp, I agree. Who might live where it's fenny? I'll grant you: not many, But the few find it lush and low-key. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cane'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> I've now gone from a cast to a cane, After hobbling for months in some pain. The damned thing is a curse, But without it, it's worse— 'Cause three legs over two is a gain. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cape horn'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Whether lady or tramp, if she's born In Cornwall she's known as a Corn- ishwoman, you see, And her birthplace could be Botus Fleming, but never Cape Horn. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'aladdin'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Aladdin was surely depraved. I was plucked from my lamp and enslaved. The despotic young thug Sought to fly on a rug. You'd think he'd be better behaved. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'pope'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> You would think with his father as pope That this guy would be scrupulous—Nope! He would murder at will With remarkable skill. (Once you start, it's a slippery slope.) <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'two warships'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Two warships together conspire To attack me with concentrated fire— So the target's the same Every time each takes aim. I'm afraid the result may be dire. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'night fighter'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "Cat's Eyes" Cunningham, night fighter king, Saw remarkably well. Here's the thing: Airborne radar, brand new, Was on board as he flew. It would put Jerry's ass in a sling. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'church'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "Come to Jesus!" the church folk kept drumming Into all of our heads, but it's numbing To at last see the light. All this theft, murder, blight? Come to Jesus? Huh! Jesus ain't coming. <LIMERICK...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'screamed'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> It was only a two-minute run, But she screamed bloody murder. When done And we came to a stop, Asked my daughter, "Hey Pop, Can we go on again? That was fun!" <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'abettor'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The abettor was someone who stood Looking out for his friend from the 'hood. For assisting a crime, He's today doing time. Some Samaritans aren't so Good. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'commonly know'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Accustomarily once was routine And familiar to those who were keen To make use of this word. Here and now it's not heard Very commonly—know what I mean? <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'scarred carcass'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A scarred carcass is all that remains Of a couch left behind on the plains. Its upholstery gone, The oak frame lingers on, Stripped by heat and by cold, soaking rains. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'vinnie'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Vinnie needs telling off, there's no doubt, But you're hiding downstairs working out. Punching bag in your basement? We call it displacement. Confront him? No way he's got clout. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'gelotologist'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The gelotologist's study of laughter Is hilarious. What is she after? Well, she's scanning this bloke As she tells him a joke, And take notes! Blimey! What could be dafter? <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'devilkins demons'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Are "devilkins" demons' relations? No, they're imps meant for lesser temptations. (I'd been picturing dozens Of devilet cousins In quest of full demonizations.) <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'ex'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Dear Algebra, listen to me. All I've got is this one simple plea: Get it out of your mind That your ex I can find. She has left you for good, can't you see? <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'dogmaticalness'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Her dogmaticalness drove me nuts. She insisted that driving in ruts Knocks the paint off your roof. I said, "Ha! Where's your proof?" She said, "Trust me—no ifs, ands or buts." <LIMERICK_E...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'said jake'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "You've been playing around for a laugh, Blithely dumping old lovers like chaff. I've had all I can take, And I'm leaving," said Jake, "You're just way too unfaithful by half!" <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'speed stick'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> She asked for a Speed Stick, and I Got mixed up and forgot what to buy. I bought Speed-Sew instead And now, "Darn you," she said. "I can't raise up my arms if I try." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'strings'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Removing the action, as planned, I've restrung this antique concert grand. With no keys there to play, Chipping up is the way To get strings up to pitch, understand? <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'matured'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> She was sweetness back then; she's matured. Now that artlessness hasn't endured. Over time, she's been scarred, And, like concrete, grown hard— Hard to move, hard to crack—once it's cured. <LIMER...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'old billy'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> There were holes in old Billy's net curtain Caused by cigarette-ends, I am certain. But if Billy won't learn From one cigarette burn, Soon his whole house will go for a Burton. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'insurance'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> My new policy earns no applause. As insurance it's faulty because When they pay for destruction They make a deduction— That nasty deductible clause! <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'remotion demotions'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> To commote is to cause a commotion, As remote is to foster remotion: Demotions of note, Thanks to popular vote, From the words we all quote with devotion. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'cornerstone harry'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "The cornerstone," Harry has said, "Of my wealth is the life I have led." But the truth is there's more To this tale. At the core Lies his super-rich uncle (now dead). <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'chief magistrate'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> The Doge was a leader, elected Chief Magistrate—seldom rejected By his subjects in Venice, Except as a menace, Of dreadful misconduct suspected. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'ornament worn'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> An ornament worn near the chin, That's attached to your blouse by a pin. "What's the word? What's the grammar?" Says teacher. I stammer, "Can I brooch such a subject and win?" <LIMERICK_EN...
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'coin'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Though the coin shows our sovereign's head, When you cut through the gold, you find lead. Some damned coiner's debasing Our currency. Tracing Him's crucial, lest counterfeits spread. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'planet smeller'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> A circumspect new-planet smeller Indirectly detects, like Old Yeller, Getting wind of a mass Or a disk full of gas— Circumstantial, but still circumstellar. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'yelled jap'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> "Our supply line's been nipped in a trap, So we're doling out ammo, old chap. Save your bullets, says Sarge, For the bastards' last charge." "You Tommy die soon!" yelled a Jap. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'named dale'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> There was once a dog docker named Dale Who had learned his profession by mail. "It was simple," he said, "I just studied in bed— I'd no need to attend to de-tail." <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'bra'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> My breasts are like mushrooms that swell Overnight by the creek in the dell. My bra size is tearing Through letters: I'm wearing A cup that's less K and more L. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'adorning'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> In my brain was a lim'rick aborning. It arrived just like that with no warning. Wrote it down in a trice, Sent it off quick and nice — The OEDILF on this day it's adorning. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'vaudeville timing'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> In vaudeville, timing was king, And your place on the bill was the thing. The deuce spot was shunned, So performers were stunned If assigned second slot in the string. <LIMERICK_END>
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You are a master poet. Your task is to compose a limerick. The topic is 'angelology'. Start your limerick now. <LIMERICK_START> Angelology? That's where it's at! I've got all of the angels down pat. My six-year degree Got me this job, you see. Wouldja like to have french fries with that? <LIMERICK_END>
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