Quandary Resolved
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The wheels fell off my thingamajig
as a thingy
came loose in the whachamacallit
or perhaps it was the doodad
on the wotsit
which was the cause to stall it
and it'll take a few odds 'n...
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Categories:
thingamabob, fun, humor, humorous, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
Upon the precipice of an abyss
...Upon the precipice of an abyss
I stand able, eager, & ready to jump
impossible mission to swallow lump
muscles primed analogous to pump
prayer for soft landing on mine rump
bereft this johnny ...
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Categories:
thingamabob, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse
My Mind Plays Games
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thingamabob
unreal, unknown
maddening, bewildering, puzzling
doohickey, widget ~ gizmo, contraption
entertaining, guessing, laughing
funny, not funny
whatchamacallit
Aug...
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Categories:
thingamabob, 11th grade, games,
Form: Diamante
The Book of Job
...You might have blisters on your hands from all your manual toil.
You may be climbing up a pole with an electrical coil.
Could be a produce vendor shucking husks from the cob.
It’s just a job.
Y...
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Categories:
thingamabob, allegory, humor, work,
Form: Light Verse
Stick Up
...I don't wish to sound an alarm
But ladies are losing their charm
My thingamabob
Appears shish kabob
And they aim to skewer the farm!...
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Categories:
thingamabob, humor,
Form: Limerick
Ode To a Wretched Robot
...“You meddling mechanical moron,
you’ve ruined everything,
the thingamabob is running amok,
can’t you hear the alarm bells ring?
You clinking, clanking cretin,
you demented digital dunce,
you ne...
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Categories:
thingamabob, humor, science fiction,
Form: Light Verse
This Thingamabob Poem
...dang,
grandma was a real hubba bubba-
killer-diller
khaki wacky boycrazygirl
a spiffy hot damn hoofer
during the dark hours of WWII
and the devastation
followed with
unrestrain...
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Categories:
thingamabob, grandparents, history, word play,
Form: Free verse
Global Colding
...Thought today was going to be pretty good
But it's cold and snow again
What a nasty winter we're having this year
As bad as I can't remember when
It takes all my strength and intestinal...
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Categories:
thingamabob, humorous,
Form: Quatrain