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A twisted old cowboy named CampbellWalked his trusty mare into the bramble.
 They did something strange
 In their home on the range.
 But no details: I'm starting to ramble.
 
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Bernard had an attitude horrible:His teachers had pegged him incorrigible;
 But the girls that he petted
 Were thoroughly indebted
 For his kiss and caress so explorable.
 
 
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He's been up the Mekong and back,fought off a guerrilla attack,
 now in the suburb
 he fights with the cowherb
 that grows in a small sidewalk crack.
 
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Rinaldo had fallen in loveWith the woman who lived up above
 He climbed up, took a peek,
 Slipped and fell with a shriek
 And discovered the force of her shove.
 
 
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Thanks CB, I couldn't think of anything for those two words that would be rated with fewer than three X's.
 Karl primped his Mercedes so much he
 Was known for it throughout the duchy.
 When a carrier pigeon
 Befouled it a smidgen,
 He declared it a tragic cartouche.
 
 And, for the more traditional-minded among us...
 
 As Abdul ate baba ganoush
 In Luxor beside a cartouche,
 A carrier pigeon
 Befouled him a smidgen,
 Its turds whizzing by with a whoosh.
 
 RUMMER - RUNDLE
 
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This is not an entry in the ongoing limerickage taking place on this thread.  I just couldn't resist...
 I suspect this may trigger some howls.
 (Know my tongue is set firm in both jowls.)
 Some think it uplifting
 To talk about "shifting,"
 But they really are moving their vowels.
 
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We all sing the way we are be(a)ckedAnd may all think our singing's perfèct
 To some the *taste lacks
 To seek needles in haystacks
 And prefer shifting sounds for their act.
 
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Up a ladder went poor Steve MundleWith shingles, but he missed a rundle.
 His death was a bummer,
 To him raise a rummer...
 and next time use a lift for a bundle.
 
 
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While seducing the comely Miss Sevridge,Old Willy applied lusty leverage.
 She withstood all his libel
 And oaths on the Bible,
 But succumbed to a drug in her beverage.
 
 PASTORAL - PATENT
 
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Alone in a meadow pastoral,Don sat with Monica Morrell.
 His motives were patent;
 Her lust was not latent
 And they got down to matters immoral.
 
 
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New hubby wasn't real talkative.As for parenting, let's say he was balkative.
 When it came time to tamper
 With junior's full Pampers,
 Daddy became downright walkative.
 
 SANITORIUM - SANDHI
 
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Thanks.  I approach them with that goal in mind, so I can chalk up at least one success!
 I couldn't think of a single word to rhyme with "talkative." Is there such a word?
 
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Whether average or valedictorian,Our posters don't let their past worry'em.
 Didja ever think Blondie
 Would notice a sandhi?
 Well, it happens in our sanitorium!
 
 DEATHBED - DEBUT
 
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Suzanne was a regular Meth Head
 Who drew crazy cartoons like Berke Breathed.
 But her artwork’s debut
 Was received with a “boo”
 And her studio turned into her deathbed.
 
 
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Old Katie let Beauregard pimp her,Though her johns couldn't be any limper.
 'Twas a financial risk: her
 Great stench and her whisker
 Would cause them to shudder and whimper.
 
 INFAMY - INFIELD
 
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Fortune and fame was their destiny'Til their drug use came under much scrutiny.
 Stars of the infield:
 Canseco and Sheffield,
 Joined Bonds and McGwire in infamy.
 
 CLOSE CALL -- CLOVE
 
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To my pot-bellied pig I've grown close.Call his name, and he wiggles his nose.
 Now bake ham in the stove
 With brown sugar and clove,
 And tell me you don't think it's gross.
 
 EXPLORER - EXPRESSLY
 
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Christopher was an explorer.Isabella:  did he adore her!
 But his ship, it did sink.
 It was not in the pink,
 Due expressly to the emerald ash borer.
 
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Way to bring History into the modern day! Hurrah! 
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Four!  I like it, too (Of course I do - I'm an entomologist!) 
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It would be rather hard just to tallyAll the dishes Bob scrubbed in the galley.
 But please take a gander
 At him wielding that sander,
 On the pots that he found in the alley!
 
 LEISURELY - LENS
 
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Not LEISURELY Robert did grumbleWhen his LENS it did take a long tumble;
 All the way to the sea.
 "Woe is me, woe is me;
 No pictures, all thanks to that fumble".
 
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My favorite kind of knockwurstIs the brand that I tasted at first.
 Sure as krypton's a gas,
 Other brands didn't pass,
 'Cause they all were not better, but wurst.
 
 (I love a challenge.)
 
 POSSESSION - POSTILION
 
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Well, you certainly are up to it! 
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When he came in posession Of estates in degression
 To upgrade his dominion
 he became a postilion
 while asking his peers for discretion
 
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Whether baking a loaf, roll or scone,Andy'd sing in his rich baritone.
 O'er his hair, not a net
 But a true burgonet:
 Bread and opera he offered Simone.
 
 SUDOR - SUGAR
 
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I'll let her know that   
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It seems to me Andy also benefited very well! 
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I had to look up the word sudor;then I wanted to run for the true door.
 Sugar'd make it taste worse;
 I would want to curse,
 "Bleah! This stuff tastes worse than crude ore."
 
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When asked at his high school reunion,The ne'er-do-well Farhat Khartounian
 Said to all, "I believe
 I shall underachieve
 As I did in our bleak student union!"
 
 DRAFT - DRAM
 
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A penurious drunkard named SamWas well know for his signature scam:
 He'd slip crud in his draft
 (While his buddies all laughed)
 So the bartender'd spot him a dram.
 
 MAJESTY - MAKER
 
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