Sunday, April 13, 2014

For an eczema cure, try hot wax.
Apply freely, sit back, and relax.
Where your skin once was scabrous
It's now smooth and glabrous!
(Until your new carapace cracks).

Based on the suggestion: “glabrous”

glabrous adj. Smooth and hairless

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Keep an eye on gemologist newbies.
They tend to abuse the small rubies.
They glue them to pearls
(One to each) to make girls
With diminutive pearl/ruby boobies.

Based on the suggestion: “rubies and boobies"

Sunday, April 6, 2014

In Black Death years, a funeral casket
Would be sure to include a strong gasket
To seal in Y. pestis.
The goal, they all stressed, is
To keep all your plagues in one basket.

Based on the suggestion: “basket”

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

It began with acute pollinosis.
My friend's nose had absorbed, by osmosis,
Such dread goldenrod
That it feared it saw God.
Now his nose has a gnosis neurosis.

Based on the suggestion: “pollinosis”

Pollinosis is just a fancy term for “hay fever.” And yes, noses can see.

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Lady Mac thought they'd scored a pure win.
But the stress wore her sanity thin.
Til her nighttime soliloquy –
Rather, somniloquy –
Proved she was guilty as sin.

Based on the suggestion: “somniloquy”

som·nil·o·quy n. The act or habit of talking in one's sleep.

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Your attempts at discreet inculcation
Will assuredly end in frustration.
The best way to coax
Most recalcitrant folks
Is to ply them with ample libation.

Based on the suggestion: “inculcate"

Sunday, March 23, 2014

The stars will completely align,
There'll be feathers and wings on all swine,
When a toddler employs
Moderation and poise
Instead of a stridulant whine.

Based on the suggestion: "whine"