Perry the pretty prissy persnickety octopoose
always wanted to be a passenger train’s caboose
But you have to live in the sea, some said
The look he gave them could strike me dead
you are an octopus, someone said, kind of rude.
This octopoose bit him as if he were plankton food
I kept my mouth shut, as well I knew I could and should
Revenge from a persnickety octopoose is never good
Her efforts were meticulous
she was picky, persnickety, fastidiously present
her reputation for thoroughness was pristine
her plans were methodical and orderly, disciplined
her operandi clean, clear and correct
we all let her do it her way and by herself
I have worn this nightie for several days now
ketchup, syrup and other stuff is on it somehow
I’ll wash it says my husband who likes things clean
It’s not ready yet, I say. I’m not a persnickety queen.
my husband and I love chicken beasts
he likes his baked regular recipe
If I ate the coating, I would want crispy
but I am dieting, so I tear off the coating for the dogs
my children only eat chicken legs
I have a twin who eats wings
we throw them out
our family is unnaturally prejudiced about our chicken preferences
on that fence are the three cutest pigs you ever hope to see
I ran over to look, he was nuts, this city-slicker, Tommy Lee
These are piglets, not pigs, I yelled to him rather snottily.
The piglets began to snort and whistled with glee
We are Patty’s pretty pink piglets, polished and persnickety.
Puffed up and prideful, perhaps you know our uncle Paulie Lee?
They began dancing around on ham hocks, showing off their glee.
I now wanted to meet their amazing mother, the glorious Patty.
pandemonium preceded Paula Paulson’s painstakingly prissily packed
packsack. Pathetic poetic Parnassian provided paramount particulars,
a peep and a peek into Paula Paulson’s persnickety personality.
prissy
picky
persnickety
particular
pernickety
Paul
pursued
uptight
Eunice
for he was fascinated with her creativity, her wildness and her lack of rules
limits had never applied to her, she was a free-spirit,
someone unlike anyone he had ever met
He feared if he did not capture her heart
he would continue on in his unsatisfying, misunderstood, angry life path.
She did a whizbang job on her science project
Her teacher was impressed and did a genuflect
Parents pretended she had done it all her way
These perfectionists had done it after sending her out to play
Picky just like an old school pin up,
easily a trendsetter with scope.
Registered at first glance a star.
Strutting she knows what sells,
notorious for that catchy slogan
‘I won’t ever provide an alibi.’
Cute with a mouth that’s caustic,
kerchief in her hand style attack.
Each detail devastatingly divine.
Tantalize with the tip of a secret,
yes she’s a fastidious fantasy.
He was puffed up, persnickety, proud beyond most female’s belief.
Loving his rainbow colors, showing himself off to his wife’s sheer grief.
She was a plain brown peahen, who did not show off or boast.
She had to laugh a little when his fellow peacocks decided to roast.
Making fun of him, a tiny bit, for he was too puffed up for them.
She kept it to herself, but was glad he got a little chuck on his chin.
He needed to come down off his high horse just a bit.
So he would babysit the brood, and not have a royal fit.
Persnickety pig, persnickety pig
Would you like to smoke a favorite cig?
Cancer chances are amazingly big
He is being tempted by his cousin Quig
How about alcohol? Please take a swig.
Come here, persnickety pig, don’t be a prig.
Person who added this was his cousin Zig
For this cousin PP did not give a fig.
Zig thought this was funny, he danced a jig
Loud snapping noises, he had stepped on a twig
Persnickety pig, persnickety pig
Where is your mud? I have a need to dig.
persnickety aunts probably authored private annuals
providing all plebes and prospects a polite answer
allowing provocative avid public a peek
at potential artistic playgrounds amid positive attitudes
plentiful alluring prancing and allegiance provided
amid persnickety aunts pleasing astronomical prospects
allegedly pleasant as polite aunties possibly assent
plebes always providing appreciative provocative audience
my co-workers were snippy, snotty, persnickety, uptight and mean.
I had been discounting this for some time, but could not ignore any longer.
quitting my job was the right thing for me; I did not belong with mean girls.
pink faerie was assigned to the bug garden
there was a snake too, his name was Arden.
He was persnickety, picky and bossy too.
You certainly live up to your striped hue.
What do you mean? Arden asked in a snotty way.
He was irritated by the bugs and flies who wanted to play.
You are kind of bossy, but in a colorful way.
So saying, pink faerie felt satisfied, like she had had her say.
The bugs cheered when Arden got angry and slithered away.
He always made us nervous said a pink bug named Mrs. Fay.
I was terrified of his stripes said ladybug Merry Me May.
I thought he would eat me said a striped grasshopper, Gay.
Pirate Petey provided a pleasurable pirate fantasy for his persnickety crew
They got to make the inhabitants walk the plank, and they ran some through
sword battles and torturous techniques are were finished by a quarter ‘til two.
So they took a long luxurious nap in the Cove named aptly Pretty Boo Boo.
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