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Macedonia, a Balkan state,
Has been in the news of late.
Part Slav, part Greek,
As a nation, it's a freak.
MACEDOINE? Just something I ate.
--- Norm Brust

The fruit compote we call MACEDOINE
May cure the sick face's mask so wan.
"Sauces vegetative
Tend to be purgative,
Thus must I often skip Mass," said Juan.
--- Daniel Ford

I never do feel put upon,
When served up some mad MACEDOINE.
I'll take the gemisch
With fine wine, a swish,
Way past till all hunger is gone.
--- Chris Papa

For dessert, give me MACEDOINE of fruit,
Topped with grappa from Italy's boot.
This sumptious treat
Can't be beat
For finishing a meal with a toot.
--- Norm Brust

The auteur who uses film stuffin',
With device that is called a MACGUFFIN,
In show of great nerve,
Is sentenced to serve
Long time, unemployed, doin' nothin'.
--- Chris Papa

The Concorde, that aircraft divine,
Whose business was in great decline,
Because at MACH one,
The flight was all done,
Before there was time for fine dine.
--- Chris Papa

Into the air I threw a rock;
A battered bird fell from her flock.
A lucky toss;
For the flock a loss.
Guess mocking birds can't fly at MACH.
--- Gary Hallock

Using hot metal to tame us?,
Since Disney, now each ignoramous,
Historically knows
Most famous of flows,
MACHICOLATION, quasi famous.
--- Chris Papa

Pour boiling oil or molten lead
Through ports onto combatant's head,
MACHICOLATION,
Parapet station,
From which to sling missles of dread.
--- Daniel Ford

Were our vision not MACROBIOTIC
Every one of us would be neurotic.
We'd see zillions of bugs,
On each one of our mugs.
And despair of ills epizootic.
--- Elois

Sweet cakes of memory, MADELEINE,
Do have a strange way of saddlin'
Deep-seated feeling,
Emotions reeling,
Perhaps to offset the paddlin'.
--- Daniel Ford

Those ads from MADISON AVENUE
Mind-bending cleverness do pursue,
In hopes of trapping
Audience clapping
On TV or other venue.
--- Daniel Ford

Folks just like to take swipes
At MADISON AVENUE types,
Who sell Inuits ice,
Brooklyn bridge once or twice,
Then drive their cool Beemers with gripes.
--- Chris Papa

With NAFTA a MAELSTROM we face;
"Loud sucking," heard from Perot's face,
Or that ancient killa,
Charybdis and Scylla,
Between rocks and other hard place.
--- Chris Papa

The violent vortex of MAELSTROM
Causes many to become quite quailsome,
And with the strong gales,
Lets tellers of tales
Spin frightening yarns to regale some.
--- Daniel Ford

The wildest fem libber just bails from
The rugby play featuring male scrum,
For deep in that pile
Of elbows and wile,
Too much could be lost in the MAELSTROM.
--- J'Carlin

His wife, MAGISTERIAL MAID,
She hardly, if ever, got laid.
She was quite imposing,
But he, I'm supposing,
Was serviced by ladies of trade.
--- Chris Papa

Derrida has left us at last.
The era of Deconstruction has passed.
His notions MAGISTERIAL
Were largely ethereal,
Which is euphemism for half-assed.

(who is Derrida?)
--- Norm Brust

In limericks the term MAGNUM OPUS
Just ain't got no power to rope us.
We scribble a line,
Add some sex fine,
And hope that some humor is focus.
--- J'Carlin

A title of reverence, MAHATMA,
Perhaps also given to the shah,
But now thought grandly
Mohandas Gandhi
Comes to mind of all but my grandma.
--- Daniel Ford

High-minded our leaders should be;
MAHATMA's of utmost degree.
But primaries vet,
And all that we get
Are greatest raisers of money.
--- Chris Papa

MAHATMAS are those of rare kind,
With both thoughts and actions inclined,
To help other folk,
Free from oppressive yoke,
And such earthly happiness find.
--- Chris Papa

Mother Teresa comes to mind
When speaking of those who are kind!
MAHATMA quite true,
So unselfish too;
A jewel that is so hard to find.
--- Maggie

Meandering minds of the masses
Are molded in Socratic classes,
Where method MAIEUTIC
Is quite therapeutic,
While thinking up off of their asses.
--- Chris Papa

In search for new drugs pharmaceutic,
Leading to gains therapeutic,
It's helpful to know,
Molecular show,
Pursue them a pathway MAIEUTIC.

(way of getting new ideas)
--- Chris Papa

Socratic methods MAIEUTIC,
In democracy Aleutic
Seemed oft run amok
To missioners stuck
In pendantic hermeneutics.

(way of getting new ideas)
--- Daniel Ford

Mussolini insisted, that fool,
That his name be in majuscule.
DUCE was state;
First Marshal and fate,
But remained a man minuscule.
--- Daniel Ford

The use of MAJUSCULE "D,"
Something that you'd hear at sea,
On "Pinafore's" deck,
Just "darn" or else "heck,"
What never? Well, sometimes maybe.
--- Chris Papa

MAL DE MER, I'm very seasick,
Those last verses did dirty trick.
I see it will end,
My dear rhyming friend,
With Ahab inside Moby Dick.
--- Chris Papa

One must pity the poor Marquis
Who must unroll his dick to pee.
MALADROIT's a mild term
For what's done to his worm,
Reaching for paths of ecstasy
--- Norm Brust

Ineptitude is MALADROIT,
Akin to klutz who drops a quoit,
In an outdoor game,
Or parlor the same,
Who cannot the techniques expolit.
--- Daniel Ford

We rue the inept klutz MALADROIT
Who never manages proper coit.
For his late night clubbing,
He finds only rubbing,
And even that, he cannot exploit.
--- Daniel Ford

The MALADROIT Marquis de Sade
Often new sex ways he trod.
Did put things in mangle,
Now pees at weird angle,
Through flat flute exceedingly odd.
--- Chris Papa

This is file ijl

He now belongs to unique genus,
Linneaically termed "Platypenis."
And for what he's got,
He seeks a slim slot,
Beneath some swell Delta of Venus.
--- Chris Papa

The MALADROIT, I'd like to stop,
Before, on me, something they drop;
But I can abide,
Since good laughs reside,
With those who would use MALAPROP.
--- Chris Papa

There once was a MALAPERT maid,
Could never be described as "staid".
Her impudent way
Seemed invite to play,
And so she was frequently laid.
--- Chris Papa

I'm MALAPERT as I can be,
Ever since the age of three!
I'm saucy and bold
Even though I am old;
I make up limericks and general whoopee!
--- Barb

She was known as an outrageous flirt,
Whose remarks could be MALAPERT.
But the boys didn't care.
They just parted her hair,
As everyone got down in the dirt.
--- Norm Brust

Saucy Sally was a MALAPERT
Whose audacious acts kept Mom alert
For signs of grass stains,
On greensleeves post rains,
So that she might little pal avert.
--- Daniel Ford

Michael Moore, the new bold-face name,
Is having his quarter hour of fame.
Though his attitude snarky
Yields mostly MALARKEY,
I'll admit he's at the top of his game.

(MM - director of anti-Dubya tirade 2004)
--- Norm Brust

Political speeches, we hark ye.
Intended to be bright and sparky,
Though content is such
You don't tell us much,
Except for a bunch of MALARKEY.
--- Chris Papa

What MALARKEY must we ingest,
When Bush says we'll further invest,
To doubly insure
Iraq's final cure
Won't backfire and fuel more unrest.
--- Larry McGrath

Calling down curses, MALEDICTION,
Has more meaning in ancient friction,
For there the grum grouses,
"A pox on your houses!"
Without a more vulgar prediction.
--- Daniel Ford

Who is that whom I hear on the door knock?
That pestilent person from Porlock!
He's ruined my fiction --
On him MALEDICTION,
Which would wither him were I a Warlock.
--- Eva Amata

MALEDICTION, a fine old art form,
Allowing the user to storm,
And fume, flame, and cuss,
[I hope not at us]
Dispatching to spot very warm.
--- Chris Papa

A bee sting's very MALEFIC,
Can give you reaction terrific,
A warning intone,
Just leave them alone,
Tending to their work MELIFIC.

(causing harm, evil) (making honey)
--- Chris Papa

MALEFIC movie madmen's voices
Are oft mellifluous in choices,
But MELIFIC charm
Hides MALEFIC harm,
"So I'll hide," a scared little boy says.
--- Daniel Ford

If you disparage or MALIGN,
Your hermit friend there in moonshine,
Of his lack of sex
Or edifice wrecks,
Please don't expect a Valentine.
--- Daniel Ford

A husband should never MALIGN
His lovely wife's basic design,
'Cause comments 'bout hips
And candy store trips
Can bring on a sexual decline!
--- Observer

Corrupt behavior, MALVERSATION,
In Congress we hope an aberration.
But now more and more
Who's guarding the store,
Does seem to be the Corporation.
--- Daniel Ford

Slick Willy's MALVERSATION
Shocked only half the nation.
The other half shrugged
As their thongs they tugged.
"'Twasn't sex, just mutual masturbation."
--- Norm Brust

MALVERSATION, we've had it, a spate,
Right here in the old "Garden state".
And they're rounding up dozens
Of mayors and "cousins"
In FBI sweep really great.
--- Chris Papa

If life really imitates art,
It's much like a 'Soprano' part,
Where bad buys well-fed
All share the same bed,
Delivering bribes by the cart.
--- Chris Papa

I'm MANACLED her, all supine;
I shouldn't have drunk so much wine.
That lady in leather
Assaults me with a feather
And says I'm her sweet Valentine.
--- Chris Papa

There once was an onery bastard,
By mononucleosis was mastered.
He challenged a bully;
Three rounds wild and wooly.
And MANO A MANO he passed it.
--- Bob Dvorak

Two musicians would rather jam than eat;
In addition, they loved to compete.
So each, on his piano,
The went MANO A MANO,
Until one went down in defeat.
--- Norm Brust

Testing manhood MANO A MANO
Is less likely when one has mono.
So I do suspect
A different effect,
From those actions under the tonneau.
--- Daniel Ford

I think our elections are such
Where there's MANO A MANO too much.
Each quick to offend, oh,
With smear, innuendo,
And whopping lies, more than a touch.
--- Chris Papa

Unfulfilled aspirations, MANQUE,
Do many accept with thanks, okay,
For they have excuse
For liberal use
Of the tailings of old Tanqueray.
--- Daniel Ford

Matt was MANQUE movie maven
Who dwelt within the dark haven,
Of cinema seats;
Absorbed in such eats,
As made him resemble fat raven.
--- Chris Papa

Oh what a tangled web we weave
When punctuation out we leave.
I've no degree
In trumpetry,
And no intention to deceive.
--- Elois

A man who was old, blithe and gay
Made a pass at young Hank one fine day.
Said Hank, "To be frank
At sixteen, I'm too manque,
And you are way way to manque'."
--- Eva Amata

Cassandra drove all the Greeks frantic
With prophesies dire and pedantic.
But held easy sway
With religious play,
Which involved a praying MANTIC.
--- Chris Papa

Cleo drove all the Egyptians frantic,
With prophesies dire and pedantic.
But held easy sway
With religious play,
Which always involved a Ra MANTIC.
--- Gunjan

I sing with "Chorus of Atlantic."
Nothing about us is MANTIC,
Just four parts quite free
In great harmony,
With barely a smile or move antic.
--- Chris Papa

Divination in process MANTIC
Or frenzied dancing corybantic,
May be what's required
For evening inspired
By New Yorker's leanings romantic.
--- Daniel Ford

My friend grew nervous and frantic
When presented with a revelation MANTIC.
"Superstition!" I insisted,
But view her resisted,
Thinking I was just being pedantic.
--- Norm Brust


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