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Her clothing was trimmed with gaudery.
Her speech was mostly bawdry.
So it's no surprise
That among all the guys,
Her reputation was somewhat TAWDRY.
--- Norm Brust

My front yard is quite large and lawny;
It's covered with leaves, sere and TAWNY.
It really needs sweeping,
But to bed I'm creeping;
The sight makes me tired and yawny.
--- Chris Papa

Her hair, it was shining and tawny;
Her figure was fragile and fauny.
Her voice like a dove;
She was made for my love,
But her boyfriend was brutish and brawny.
--- Jim

At the end of each charity ball,
You'll see a polite free-for-all
To get a TCHOTCHIKE bag
So the rich can brag,
"I just leave it for the maid in the hall."
--- Norm Brust

I once knew a TCHOTCHIKE fanatic
Who overcame her hubby's static,
'Bout what she could buy,
And spent to the sky,
Getting stuff to fill up the attic.
--- Chris Papa

A TCHOTCHIKE's a small little thing
Not gaudy or gauche like the bling,
Of folks who have cash
And love things that flash,
Delighting the Jeweler, "Ka-ching!"
--- Chris Papa

Collectors of TCHOTCHIKES dramatic
Do so with a flair quite emphatic.
They lug home the stuff
And when there's enough,
They stow it all up in the attic.
--- Chris Papa

Then given a few years to rest,
Those goods at Faire Marshall's behest,
Go to yard sale
As junk by the bale,
That fool's gold: TCHOTCHIKE treasure chest.
--- Larry McGrath

When aliens TCHOTCHKES espy,
They'll scratch heads and wonder why
They came to a place
That's cramped for space,
With bad taste that one can't deny.
--- Chris Papa

TCHOTCHKES are easy to buy
So I always wonder why
Do I bring them home
From wherever I roam;
Dusting each one with a sigh?
--- Barb

The headhunter's hut is festooned
With TCHOTCHKES the civilized lampooned.
His collection of fingers,
The grisly harbingers
Of the fate awaiting the marooned.
--- Eric Seaberg

TECHNICOLOR, Hollywood sent,
Great touch of veracity lent,
Made films hued and bright,
They still are all right,
Except for their sleazy content!
--- Chris Papa

The TELAMON stands all alone
Or perhaps in a group flanking throne,
Or holding the planet,
We take him for granite.
Do you think that his heart's made of stone?
--- Gary Hallock

Caryatid mate, the TELAMON
Has another meaning (well I swan!)
For male nematodes
Wanting sexy nodes
And cloacal kissing marathon.
--- Daniel Ford

Resembling stoney TELAMONES,
These hoods are a bunch of phonies.
They, each of them try
To look like wiseguy,
But they're just plain old Vinnys and Tonys.
--- Norm Brust

I TELECOMMUTE from Bahamas
While lounging around in pajamas...
The perfect work setting,
But lately, I'm getting
A breath that smells much like a llama's!
--- Observer

If working at home you prefer,
And riding to work you'd defer,
Give computer a boot.
Learn to TELECOMMUTE.
You work staying right where you were.
--- Harold

Male boss with "Girl-Friday" real cute,
When she wants to TELECOMMUTE,
He can't make a pass,
Or play at grab-ass,
And other things he'd like to boot.
--- Chris Papa

Remote office link, TELECOMMUTE,
Allows some the chgance to avoid suit.
Although there is risk
Of rumor mill brisk,
And very small chance to refute.
--- Daniel

Very TELEGENIC was Kitty;
She got a good job in the city.
Brains were not required,
'Twas how she was wired.
She just stood around and looked pretty.
--- Bob Dvorak

TELEGENIC, that's usually enough.
You don't really need the right stuff.
Just tell a few jokes
And smile at the folks.
And in Congress they'll plant your duff.
--- Norm Brust

The result is a great imperfection
Whenever we hold an election.
The great mass is swayed
By what's TV played,
And makes TELEGENIC selection.
--- Chris Papa

So Nixon, who had a nose hook,
And beard and resembled a crook,
While Kennedy shaved
And yet misbehaved,
And did not quite play by the book.
--- Chris Papa

I sometimes wax a bit theological
Viewing Alaska's teleogical
Mountains and streams
But some folk go to extremes,
Passing laws a tad bit pathological.
--- Barb

In purpose TELEOLOGICAL
There may be really a logical
Sequence of reasoning,
No use Cartesianing:
For the birds! Ornithological.
--- Daniel Ford

Those things of the earth, TELLURIAN,
Whether from here or Manchurian,
Survive as stoic
Clay mesozoic,
With imprints of shells Silurian.
--- Daniel Ford

The TEMBLOR they felt in L.A.
Occurred with a couples sex play;
The lady on top
Hoped it wouldn't stop,
Enjoying its orgasmic sway.
--- Chris Papa

The storekeeper's help worked like elves
Assembling displays for the shelves.
The TEMBLOR that day
Wreaked hell in L.A.--
Displays diassembled themselves.
--- Bob Dvorak

The earth-shaking following TEMBLOR
Played havoc with that store assembler,
Who explained the delay
That did happen that day,
Because he was a great dissembler.
--- Daniel Ford

Post multiple climaxes, Gwen
Said, "Bob, though I've had several men,
Your styles a resembler
Of 8.3 temblor;
Let's shake, rattle, and roll it again."
--- Bob Dvorak

TEMERITY, theme that recalls
That place where audacity falls.
And calls into play
The word that we say
To imply that the doer has "balls".
--- Chris Papa

With his recklessness, TEMERITY,
The "hot young lover's" claimed verity
Was called into question
At the slight suggestion
His tool did lack some dexterity.
--- Daniel Ford

Testing an intern's sincerity,
Willy had the TEMERITY,
In his manner slick,
Urged the cigar trick,
Treating soft spot with asperity.
--- Chris

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Flagrant boldness, TEMERITY,
Should be a greater rarity
In Washington climes,
For these pressing times
Bring reporter's vulgarity.
--- Daniel Ford

The Spanish for TEMERITY is "cojones,"
But some of these Latinos are phonies.
They come on as macho,
But crumble like a nacho
When up against Vinnys and Tonys. (implied Mafia)
--- Norm Brust

It may be exceedingly wise
To take a breath and TEMPORIZE
And quick quit the scene
If she's under sixteen,
Despite the "Yes, Yes" in her eyes.
--- Chris Papa

I once heard of a virgin wise,
Who with dates would just TEMPORIZE,
And quite little show.
The potential beau,
Much less let him get near her thighs.
--- Chris Papa

He was just within reach of his prize,
When she began to TEMPORIZE.
And as she turned cool,
So did his tool,
As it diminished quickly in size.
--- Norm Brust

The basic discourse that's TENDENTIOUS
Does oft risk becoming contentious.
In taking on airs,
That trending prepares
The parties for people pretentious.
--- Daniel Ford

Those who display a manner pretentious
Also tend to be TENDENTIOUS.
They approadch the news
With prejudiced views,
And launch discussions contentious.
--- Norm Brust

Our pols are a TENDENTIOUS lot,
Most wrapped in some rhetoric hot.
As result, when all's done,
Thay have lots of fun,
But legislate barely a jot.
--- Chris Papa

An item of common faith, TENET:
That Solons should be in the Senate.
But our diplomats
Are dips and fat cats,
Like those Keystone Kops from Mack Sennet.
--- Daniel Ford

A perfecto's a kind of cigar,
More convenient than others, by far.
Its shape, TERETE,
Keeps the mouth-end neat;
You can light while driving a car.
--- Norm Brust

The long and elliptical TERETE
Is included in "Sex Toys Complete."
In cleaning such things,
The modern-day kings
Did avoid infectious spirochete.
--- Daniel Ford

Have I ever seen something TERETE?
I think so, it might have been sweet.
Something they hawk
On the seaside boardwalk:
Taffy, which dentists think neat.
--- Chris Papa

Was it some joint a guy rolled,
Which tart "Mary Jane" would enfold,
Then light tapered end
And share with a friend,
Who called it "Acapulco Gold."
--- Chris Papa

TERGIVERSATION, I'd say
Was best Willy Clinton forte.
He tried to give fizz
To simple verb "is"
And define sex in a new way.
--- Chris Papa

Evasive words, TERGIVERSATION.
Make not a proper conversation.
But intend to escape
The teasing and jape
That accrue to such aberration.
--- Daniel Ford

John Kerry's TERGIVERSATION
Worried a jittery nation.
So even his "fast boat"
Couldn't get folks to vote
For his policy of accommodation.
--- Norm Brust

To Virginia, the world did chant,
"Stop being such an old TERMAGANT."
"This Wolfe cannot be,
In sheep's clothes", said she,
And went on with her tireless rant.
--- Sue Johnson

Shakespeare's Shrew was a TERMAGANT,
Matronly things shrieking again't.
Her behgavior cold,
Belied that of scold,
A VIRAGO unrepentant.
--- Daniel Ford

There once was a dancer named Dorian
Who was famed for his skills TERPSICHOREAN.
His repertoire was Asian.
It included Malaysian,
Siamese, Javanese and Korean.
--- Norm Brust

TERPSICHOREAN talent I've none;
I have two left feet 'stead of one.
By genetics bound
To be glued to the ground,
A big klutz when all's said and done.
--- Chris Papa

TERRAIN is the lay of the land.
With friend Lucy she DID all the band,
While I the voyeur
Stayed in the foyer
Tending to matters at hand.
--- Daniel Ford

Let us speak of a mental TERRAIN,
Existing somewhere in the brain,
Mysterious place,
Brings smile on your face,
Or grabs onto a grimace of pain.
--- Chris Papa

The lay of the land is TERRAIN,
Mathematically described with strain
Of topology.
Meteorology
Calculates it's goin' ta rain.
--- Daniel Ford

Hard-shelled as a tortoise, TESTACEOUS,
Allows one to be ever gracious;
Imperturbable,
Undisturbable,
Able to hand the bodacious.
--- Daniel Ford

What's strange is brick color TESTACEOUS.
It sounds bilious or audacious.
Not something, I think,
For my bathroom sink,
Unless temporary, fugacious.
--- Daniel Ford

TESTACEOUS, the word simply fools
And seem to break all the rules.
'Cause just to be fair,
It seems to come where
It refers to the old "family jewels".
--- Chris Papa

This hormone of which you do speak,
TESTOSTERONE, drives even the meek
To buy her a meal,
Just to cop a feel
When they're dressed in clothes oh so chic.
--- Darryl

Irritable people are TETCHY,
As acid is intaglio etchy.
But if not placid,
They are jack acid,
And their people skills are quite sketchy.
--- Daniel Ford

Right side to downside up, TETE-BECHE,
Is an interesting way to mesh --
If prone or on hoof,
To faire soixante-neuf,
Is to avoid the need for a creche.
--- Daniel Ford

I probably would make a mess,
Defining today's word with guess.
Instead of some stamps,
Pertaining to "Vamps",
Or head mistress with PMS.
--- Chris Papa

The seas and oceans THALASSIC
Predate the ages Triassic,
European rocks,
Amphibian stocks,
And even now kicks Jurassic. (si, senor)
--- Daniel Ford

Water flows along the THALWEG,
Unless a dam keeps in in check,
In which case the Thal,
No valley at all,
Is jammed by the blocked bottleneck.
--- Daniel Ford

A THALWEG is a useful line,
In valley, a low nether spine,
Or boundary mark, stark,
With no question mark,
That borders of states will define.
--- Chris Papa


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