What is love, can anyone explain it?
Is it something you can buy at the store?
If you could, how much would it cost?
Would it have a lifetime guarantee
What? No guarantee?
What if it breaks down within a short period of time
Well... you're just outta luck I'm afraid
But what if you just spent a pile of dough on a diamond ring
Just chalk it up to experience!
That doesn't sound like too good a deal to me
Aww just give it a shot... what could you lose
Not sure! Had my heart broken before
Took me years to get over it
You only get to go around once
Go for the gusto, grab the brass ring
Put your money where your mouth is and all that stuff
Whatcha got to lose!
Sat in a car to get my shot.
Doc says it ought
to minimize
pending demise.
Knee joints are aging, sorely fast
They will not last
another spring
nor highland fling.
My go for the gusto is spent
my frame is bent.
COVID vaccine
one more routine.
July 20, 2021
Sponsor Joseph May
Contest Name 12 Lines In Rhyme
“ahoy there!, have you some beer”
“I’ve been sitting on the deck here”
“the engine coughed then hit the dust”
“no paddles on board which is a must”
Hello me mate I hear you want some beer
that seems strange not to say a little *****
putting beer in the engine would upright your toes
you would not sail again for there she blows.
If you need a tow I’ll throw you some lines
I have no beer but I do have some wines
these are the best from a California grape yard
It’s y rope or wine that’s mild not hard
“I’d rather have the wines to sail in the breeze
“I have sails to rise and wine would be good with my cheese”
You’d not go far with the winds slowing down
my last offer is to bring you to shore.
“I’ve been a captain on these sailing rigs
“I need beer for the engine and some for my swigs”
you guzzle some beer there won’t be a cheer
you’ll be lost at sea, your calls no one will hear
here take these bottles, you can wine and dine
I’ll toss in some nuts, you’ll be just fine
but don’t put beer in the engine and never Smirnoff
else you won’t be cracking nuts when you blast off
What is love, can anyone explain it
Is it something you can buy at the store
If you could, how much would it cost
Would it have a lifetime guarantee
What? No guarantee?
What if it breaks down within a short period of time
Well... you're just poop outta luck I'm afraid
But what if you just spent a pile of dough on a diamond ring
Just chalk it up to experience!
That doesn't sound like too good a deal to me
Aw just give it a shot... what could you lose
Not sure! Had my heart broken before
Took me years to get over it
You only get to go around once
Go for the gusto, grab the brass ring
Put your money where your mouth is and all that stuff
Whatcha got to lose!
© Jack Ellison 2014
To write, paint, or sing
What talents God does bring!
Go for the gusto
That is a must-o!
A need for expression
So mind doesn't keep messin'
Sure love to create
Exciting as a first date!
To get rid of grief
All will find relief!
taste me let me drip down your throat
swallow me whole until you choke
feel me inside and out
swooshing all about
pump more of me into you
until you overload
reach depths to man unknown
enter all of me over and over again
i need to feel you eating me up
i want to feel you teasing me inside and out
i understand this is all new for you
i am willing to take it slow
i suggest you slide into it gradually
then go for the gusto
you will never have enough
you will always want more
knowledge is something that we all yearn for
what did you think i was talking about
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