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Estuary water is BRACKISH,
Less salty than ocean, oft blackish
With nutrient mud
And twice-daily flood;
For clams and oysters when they're snackish.
--- Daniel Ford

The painting was hung on a BRAD,
Which wouldn't hold weight that it had.
And so it would smash
In destructive flash,
With the smiling Lisa now sad.
--- Chris Papa

The smartest well-rounded BRAINIAC
Can hide underlying maniac,
If eyes stay on prize,
Responding to sighs
Of the nubile nymphomaniac.
--- Daniel Ford

A BRAINIAC who was a boor,
Though smart, could quite never mature.
He lives all alone,
Although he's been known
To share Hermit Dave's supine whore.
--- Chris Papa

Brass Collar? I never will wear!
Stupidity I try to forswear!
If they want my vote,
It takes more than a quote
Of "Pie in the Sky" with hot air!
--- Barb

Unwavered loyalty, BRASS COLLAR,
Unlikely find of today's scholar,
Is often disproved
As support is moved,
To follow the almighty dollar.
--- Daniel Ford

BRASS COLLAR support is devoted
To most politicians, as noted.
Regardless of whether
They have it together,
On love and affection they're doted.
--- Chris Papa

The place for beer and food, BRASSERIE,
Use glasses from its glassery
To serve with gusto
Those drinks robusto,
And don't like glass-mashing crassery.
--- Daniel Ford

The word BRASSERIE is neat,
For place were you sit down and eat;
Although it may sound
As though worn around
To cover a breast and its teat.
--- Chris Papa

"Trial By Jury", show about BREACH,
Of promise, just hear the bride screech,
"I love the dear cad,
But he's just so bad,
You must a cash settlement reach."
--- Chris Papa

The gap in the wall is a BREACH,
Through which the damned water may leach,
At which point no tyke
Can hope to fix dike
With finger or sand from the beach.
--- Daniel Ford

An overweight fellow might ask it.
"Do you think too big's my breadbasket?"
If wise, you'll reply
Without being shy,
"Depends just how large is your casket?"
--- Gary Hallock

BREADBASKET is bulging, I fear,
I'm off of my diet, oh dear!
It tasted so good,
I ate more than I should;
From now on I'll be more austere.
--- Chris Papa

Well, my BREADBASKET's smack in the middle!
Still I feel fit as a fiddle.
But alas! Can't excape!
I know that my shape
Can't compare to young gals...not a little!
--- Barb

For work the summer was bad,
But the carpenter last year was glad
He helped renovate
Hugh Hefner's estate;
'Twas the BREASTSUMMER he'd ever had.
--- Kitten

A buxom young beauty surmised,
That kind of uplift that she prized,
Required support.
The bra-man she sought
BREASTSUMMER with hammocks advised.
--- Chris Papa

It may common logic suspend,
Though a BREVET promotion may end
Without increased pay,
The G.I. will say,
For a while, it's nice to pretend.
--- Chris Papa

My "trial" promotion was all set.
Proud of my new job? You bet!
But as weeks went by,
I realized that I
Was the victim of a cynical BREVET.
--- Norm Brust

Conglomeration, BRICOLAGE,
Is problem solving by collage;
Taking what's at hands
To see if it stands,
Or stays forever in garage.
--- Daniel Ford

"Found objects" from floor of garage
Have been used to create a collage.
For me, the art medium
Yields nothing but tedium,
Like soup from refrigerator BRICOLAGE.
--- Norm Brust

He enlisted a whole entourage
To build a remote hermitage.
With his colleagues and friends,
Who supplied odds and ends,
He constructed a grand bricolage.

(construction with whatever is handy)
--- Anon

The interior of my garage,
Has stuff of quite crude BRICOLAGE.
I could build me a boat
Or a bridge across moat.
In French it's what we call garb-age.
--- Chris Papa

Interior decorators pause,
Once they get through our doors,
From den through garage,
There's such BRICOLAGE,
That follows just eclectic laws.
--- Chris Papa

Leftovers, it must be confessed,
Might never be served to a guest,
But I might triage
"Un peu BRICOLAGE",
And serve it up as very best.
--- Chris Papa

With what's available, BRICOLAGE
Does build what might be called a mirage.
It may do what's needed,
But rules are not heeded,
And the effect is one of hodge-podge.
--- Daniel Ford

There once was a hermit from Hell,
Whose manners were wicked and fell.
At a wedding he tried
To goose the young bride,
Which landed him in BRIDEWELL.
--- Eva Amata

The hermit, with manners that fail,
Who caused bride to weep and to wail,
Was deemed quite atrocial
In all manners social,
And kept all locked up there in goal.
--- Chris Papa

In fantasy's fold, BRIGADOON,
Where life is all plum, never prune.
We succulent stay
Through eternal day,
And pass graveyard with merry tune.
--- Chris Papa

'Tis great to be right there among
Fine folks with their rrrolled Scottish tongue;
Each Brigadoon lass
Is a fine piece of ass,
And all of the lads are well-hung.
--- Chris Papa

Will someone please give me a sign
To tell when to use red or white wine?
I've read all the books;
I've asked all the cooks;
But I can't seem to find the BRIGHT-LINE.
--- Norm Brust

Unambiguous ruling, BRIGHT-LINE,
Suits most folks' dealings with life fine.
But some who would fudge
To avoid middling drudge,
Damn well better be out of sight mine.
--- Daniel Ford

Now let all our readers be fair,
When lawyers' words assault the air,
And fierce dispute teems,
It certainly seems,
BRIGHT-LINES don't exist anywhere.
--- Chris Papa

Brith or BRIS, a religious rite,
That brings lowly foreskin to sight,
So it can be shorn,
And squalling newborn,
Thus share a semitic delight.
--- Chris Papa

This is file hsl

He was bristling when asked to define
The word, "brisling", while starting to dine,
But defined it, unerring,
"It's a sprat or a herring.
Now I'll eat some, in sauce made with wine."
--- Anon

There's nothing that dampens the flame,
With women, whether damsel or dame,
Like having some guy
Hope his tale you would buy,
Then leave you in limbo, a shame.
--- Barb

He had BROBDINGNAGIAN ideas in his head
'Bout his prowess with ladies in bed.
It turns out, don't you know,
He was all talk, no show;
When they found out, the ladies all fled.
--- Barb

He had BROBDINGNAGIAN tool,
Which some gals decided was cool,
Though at penetration
It caused a sensation,
The tight ones decided was cruel.
--- Chris Papa

A BROGAN is something I'd wear
When there's a cool nip in the air.
But since I've retired,
My foot wear inspired,
Are sandals, which shout "I don't care!"
--- Chris Papa

Down south, no BROGAN, no loafer,
Nor shoes worn by a chauffeur.
But nice country boots,
And black three piece suits,
Is the kind of fashion I go fer!
--- Darryl

A heavy work boot is the BROGAN,
The subject of many a slogan:
Nike's "Just do it!"
Buster Browns rue it,
All the way to a Navaho hogan.
--- Daniel Ford

Some heavy shoe-wear know as BROGUE,
Remain, despite sneakers now vogue;
The former are seen,
On consort of the queen,
The latter, on feet of a rogue.
--- Chris Papa

Mrs Marcos had so many shoes,
Causing grief, when it made the news.
Now I am quite sure
The ones with a lure...
Were stylish! The BROGUE... would amuse.
--- Maggie

Political conventions are here,
And as spinners get into gear,
We'll have to abide,
The endless BROMIDE,
And the stuff that comes from their rear.
--- Chris Papa

Say, BROMIDE I borrow a dime? (Bro, might )
I'm having a really tough time.
A ten or a twenty
Would really be plenty;
But anything helps -- so strapped I'm.
--- Cyn

A BROMIDE by definition is boring,
Inducing dropped lids and snoring.
So please give pause
Before using old saws,
Or with me no points you'll be scoring.
--- Norm Brust

They are shiftless pols and besides,
They speak in such endless BROMIDES
And empty thunder;
It sure is a wonder,
The voters don't tan their cursed hides.
--- Chris Papa

The raspberry sound of BRONX CHEER
Adds great rudeness to a common fleer,
With sounds of a fart
As lips flap apart,
Spitting bubbles and meanings quite clear.
--- Daniel Ford

The sound of the mighty BRONX CHEER,
Was made by our baby so dear.
We thought that he'd hit
Upon a new trick,
But it turned out to have come from his rear.
--- Sheryl A Lemma

The Cockneys are cryptic rhymers,
Go figure what's said by those Blimers.
I'm surprised to hear
That farty BRONX CHEER,
Is tart of raspberry climbers.
--- Chris Papa

The origin's lost in the mist;
Its meaning we only have gist.
From noise that we know,
As a brassy blow,
To someone who'll "never be missed."
--- Chris Papa

There once was a man hard of hearing,
Through coed dorm window was peering.
Thought lass wearing thong
Was singing a song,
But the cop with the cuffs was BRONX CHEERING.
--- Elois

A fancy four wheeler, a BROUGHAM,
In fable by Somerset Maugham,
Which had open top,
With rain you might sop,
And winter could barely keep warm.
--- Chris Papa

The BROUHAHA's part of the game.
Of those "15 seconds of fame",
Outrageous event,
Quite evansescent,
Like poor moths' short life in the flame.
--- Chris Papa

There once was a gossipy old coot
Whose favorite game was to BRUIT
About the kinky sex life
Of his neighbor's wife,
Who loved to play the skin flute.
--- Norm Brust

Some folks just don't give a hoot,
To pronounce the noun word as "broot".
They're content, you see,
To say it "brew-ee",
Like noise of a vascular root.
--- Chris Papa

When offered a Brussels sprout,
Frogs respond with a gleeful shout.
They love petits choux,
The same way that you
Would go for a bass or a trout.
--- Norm Brust

If harsh words bring marital bashing,
Though you survive the verbal thrashing,
Bad BRUXISM comes
As anger benumbs,
And wears the poor teeth with such gnashing.
--- Chris Papa

Nocturnal tooth grinding, BRUXISM,
May be cause of married schism,
But to tell the truth,
It's better than crwth (ancient Celtic lyre)
Sounds of apneic masochism.
--- Daniel Ford

There are fewer wagons today,
Where folks roll in bundles of hay
Or otherwise frolic
In manner BUCOLIC;
Still back seats of Fords are in play.
--- Chris Papa

The center of target's a BULL'S EYE.
The peak experience for goal guy,
But anticipation
May bring consternation
And difficulty getting shuteye.
--- Daniel Ford

So she says, "Oh me and oh my!"
And he says, "Well, a guy's gotta try."
Truth's not always at the fore
If his aim is to score.
Does my logic now hit the bull's eye?
--- Barb

When he took her out, she knew why.
Though he was an "I love you" guy.
He'd go for her bust,
And in throes of lust,
Descend to a sweeter BULL'S EYE.
--- Chris Papa

Her "Oh me, oh my," may for sure
Disguise her own wishes impure.
And if she gets guys
With many BULLS EYES,
The poor thing will be called a whore.
--- Chris Papa

I see threatening clouds drawing near;
With BUMBERSHOOT at home, I fear
The deluge will find
Some ways most unkind,
To soak me both front and in rear.
--- Chris Papa

Color matters not for BUMBERSHOOT.
If it rain protects, be umber chute,
For in that case
We all will race
To its spreading arms and under scoot.
--- Daniel Ford

About rain I don't give a hoot,
Protected by my BUMBERSHOOT,
But if I get damp,
I'll switch to a Gamp;
Like Paddington, I'll look real cute.
--- Chris Papa


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