LIMERICKS AND STUFF By Leigh Collin Brandt

Sunday, August 2, 2020

COPING WITH COVID BLUES

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I hear nothing but bad news, I have the Covid virus blues, I can only cope,  By voting out the dope, With the orange face and short twit fus...
Saturday, July 25, 2020

I NEED MY BEAUTY SLEEP

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Some days I just have to get sleep, So, my pretty face I can keep, Everyone pines, To lose facial lines, And, late nights cause face...
Friday, July 24, 2020

I CHEATED TO GO TO SCHOOL

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I got into college but I had to cheat, I loaded the dean's freezer with a ton of deer meat, I gained lots of knowledge, While in b...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020

WHEN THE MASKED TROOPS CAME INTO MY TOWN

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Masked troops marched into my town, All decked out in camouflage brown, They beat me in the head, And left me for dead, I lived but ...
Saturday, July 18, 2020

THE BLINKING ROSE

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I wonder what the rose is thinking?  While on the wall it rests while blinking, Just what did it see? Will it voice secrets ...
Thursday, July 16, 2020

STRANGE RAINBOW

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A strange rainbow went over the hill, Night is breaking across my little vill, I see the daylight conclude, Pushy, the night asser...

THE MAN IN THE HIGH REEF

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Once there was a reefer who lived out on the high reef, Some said he was a hooligan, others said he was a thief, One day he came to town...
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

FOR FIVE DAYS I'M WEAK

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For five days each week It's survival money I seek, For a store family elite, The peasants I beat, Selling tires I know will soo...

DON'T PIT SPIT IN MICHIGAN

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I spit a pit that popped a zit on the neighbor's pitbull named Rhoda, I spit a pit that made a hit on a policeman's cold Bubba sod...
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

SQUIRREL STATUE

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My squirrel statue was worshiped from afar, By my friends at my after work bar, They didn't understand Karl Sagan, Their minds tur...
Monday, July 13, 2020

WHEN THINGS GO WRONG SET SAIL

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When you have problems in life it's best to set sail, Then, no one can chide you when the ocean's your trail, So, you let others ...
Saturday, July 11, 2020

I KICKED THEM DOWN WHEN THE VIRUS CAME ROUND (EXCEPT FOR MOM)

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I didn't want a virus to make me sicker, So, I stayed indoors and played karate kicker, I kicked sister, I kicked dad, I kicked br...
Friday, July 10, 2020

2×4 MAKES DREAMY WORLD FOR MY BLOG

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I was nailing up a 2" ×4" when it fell and hit me on my knoggin,  Then came dreamy world where I was ridding on my tobaggon, M...

PARANOID PRESIDENT AND HIS DROID

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The president of the paranoid, Who think science is something to avoid, The president is so annoyed, For science is his hemmoroid, R...
Thursday, July 9, 2020

BOSS, DOS AND WORKING AT A LOSS

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I tolerate my workmates and my boss, I tolerate my work tech based on MS DOS, And, just like the other school teachers, I tolerate the ...
Tuesday, July 7, 2020

IF U FOLLOW A 🐴 2 WATER MAKE SURE U GET THERE πŸ†

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I followed a horse to water and then I took a drink,🏊 The water smelled of urine because the horse had made it stink,πŸŽπŸ‘… I looked both...
Monday, July 6, 2020

THE PROBLEM WITH STATUES

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They made a statue of my cousin who was a political engineer, He misbehaved but, got the roads paved all while drunk with beer, Kids wil...
Saturday, July 4, 2020

BANNED

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My social media has all been banned,🚳 In this and every other land,πŸ—ΌπŸ—½πŸπŸœ I say mean stuff too much,πŸ‘Ή I'm out of touch,🐨 Ju...
Wednesday, July 1, 2020

THE NEW SOCIAL DISTANCE DISTANCE

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So, the term"social distance" means the same as six feet, From coach to fridge I walk a social distance just so I can eat, Twe...
Tuesday, June 30, 2020

THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT

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Most in the press make the wrong assumption, They think folks want government destroyed by ending it's function, But, just listen plea...

BUGS COME FOR MY SLAUGHTER

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As the woods becomes dry bugs get thirsty mean, And, I'm looked upon as a thirst quenching canteen, So, bugs come for my slaughter, ...
Monday, June 29, 2020

BEE BLING

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I went outside to look for a lost ring,πŸ’ Then, the bumblebees began to sting,πŸ”₯ The ring wasn't real gold,πŸ… Just gold paint I wa...

THE SINKING TOILET TELLS A TALE

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When your toilet sinks through your trailers floor,🚽 When there's no money for food from a store,🏬 And, if no heat you discern,😨 ...

SCRAPE FROM THE CAPE

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I had for my lunch a big plate of fresh scrape, I found the scrape on the highway down by the cape, I should have ate at the bar, The ...
Saturday, June 27, 2020

PROGNOSIS GRIM TREE TRIMMER

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I climbed up into a tree that needed a trim, It would have been fine if I had been slim But, so frail was the tree,  It fell over ...

FOOD, RENT, FREEZE: CAPITALIZM ON MY KNEES

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The high prices for groceries is appalling,πŸ§€πŸ–πŸ—πŸ…πŸ»πŸ©πŸ• I need those prices to start falling,πŸ“‰ From email I hear voices,πŸ“¬πŸ’»πŸ“² Dema...
Thursday, June 25, 2020

ENCOUNTER WITH THE UNDERWARE BEAR

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I caught a great big bear,🐻 Trying on my underware,πŸ‘™ Usually, I would not care,πŸ–– But, his big bottom made a tear,〰〽〰 I'll hav...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020

I PICK THE UNIVERSE OF THE YOUNG

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Another universe I found this day, Where all are young and young they'll stay, I've become a resident of that ageless verse, A...
Friday, June 19, 2020

THE VERY HAPPIEST CHUMS

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Many people now days don't want to learn,πŸŽ“ They don't see how learning can help them to earn,πŸ’° They're the very happiest c...

THEY FOUGHT, THEIR FRIENDS AND I'M OUT

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My kitty and rabbit  got into a big fight,πŸˆπŸ‡ My rabbit bested kitty but the rabbit got a bite,😿 As oft these fights end,πŸ’ They pla...
Thursday, June 18, 2020

ME NEW PET LIVES IN THE WOODS

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Such happy days I had with me dog, pet, When she passed, thought I, another I'd get, I could afford only a squirrel, I called his ...
Wednesday, June 17, 2020

WHAT THE LANDLORD SAID

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The landlord said I must pay to stay, Or, I should have to move away, But, if I'm not mistaken, My rent dollars were taken, By t...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020

I BATHED IN THE POOL

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I broke a community rule,πŸ™€ When I took my bath in the pool,πŸ‘Ž I soaped up with a sponge,🚦 Washed it off with a plunge,πŸ’¦ People sa...
Tuesday, June 9, 2020

WHEN THE VIRUS INFECTS THE CAT THEN, NINE LIVES JUST AIN'T ALL THAT

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There was a virus going around and I didn't care,😽 I'm a cat and have nine lives to spare,😺 Then, the virus I got,πŸ™€ And, ni...
Monday, June 8, 2020

WHY I WEAR AN EYE PATCH

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I had no extra eyes to spare,πŸ™ˆ So, I went to a doctor to fix my eye tear,πŸ‘£πŸ‘ The doc sewed my eye up tight,✂〰 Asked if I'd been ...
Sunday, June 7, 2020

EATING FROASTED DOUGHNUTS LEADS TO A BIG PROBLEM IN LATE SPRING

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I trusted in my frosted doughnuts to keep me very slim,🍩 But, my waist has grown much larger and, I workout at the gym,πŸ‹ Maybe water s...

SNAKE, LEAVE THAT TOAD ALONE

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There was a small toad in my garden of clay,πŸΈπŸ„ He was chewing on bugs as he went on his way,🐞 Then, along came a vicious snake,🐍 T...
Saturday, June 6, 2020

I GOT ME SOME PUDDING: HOW ABOUT YOU?

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I went protesting down the street,πŸ‘£πŸ—½ I didn't go far until I got beat,🌟🌟🌟 A baton in my face,πŸ˜πŸš”πŸš“ Put me in my place,πŸš‘πŸ₯ ...
Friday, June 5, 2020

WHAT TO DO ABOUT MY HAIRCUT AND THE NEWS

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There is so much going on in the news,☣☢πŸ’‰πŸ“‰πŸ”₯πŸŒͺπŸš€πŸ—½πŸ’€πŸ‘Ή What to watch is so hard to choose,πŸ“Ί With no haircut I'm hairy,πŸ‘¦πŸ’ˆ Like...
Wednesday, June 3, 2020

MY IDENTIFY CRISIS

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I don't know a widget from an app, I don't know a folk song from a rap, I don't know soft spoken from a yell, How are thin...
Monday, June 1, 2020

THE STONE CHARM OF HARM

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I found in my driveway a little stone charm, I put it around my neck, didn't think it would harm, But, the next crazy day, I had n...
Sunday, May 31, 2020

BUNKER ME DOWN

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With all the troubles in every town, I think that I will dig on down, I'll build a bunker, There I'll hunker, And, movie bin...
Friday, May 29, 2020

WONDROUS HUMANS

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Humans are such wondrous things, One of them paints while another one sings, One makes love another, war, One keeps the dart game scor...
Thursday, May 21, 2020

BRAIN ROT REALITY

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I'm not sure what are dreams or, not? Are they what I remember or, what I forgot? My reality is not all that clear, I don't h...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020

GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES OF TIRES

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I rue the day I knocked over that bucket of nails, Now, when I drive my car each tire impales, The nails spilled in my garage, But, do...
Saturday, May 16, 2020

DISTURBING PEEBLES

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There were sharp pebbles on my kitchen floor, My barefoot counted them to be four, Oh, what severe, dire pain, Disturbed my soft a.m. ...
Thursday, May 14, 2020

TWITTER TWIT PARTY

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I wonder if there will ever be, A bigger Twitter twit than me, I tweet happy and I tweet woe, I tweet on stuff when I don't know, ...
Monday, May 11, 2020

A COFFEE CAN SAVES BIG BUCKS AND HELPS FEED LITTLE ONES

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Of me, my family was no fan,  My ashes were put in a coffee can, And the worms my family picked up, Upon my ashes they'd sup, I ...

NEW LAKESIDE CONSTRUCTION

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I remember playing in the sand, On the beach next to dry land,  I found it a thrill, Building a castle sandhill, While I listened to...
Sunday, May 10, 2020

WHY I LOVE ARTS AND CRAFTS

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I now have an excuse not to house clean, I'm doing the arts and crafting scene, If it looks and smells rough, It's covered w...
Saturday, May 9, 2020

SKY-EYE SEARCHING FOR A LONE SUNRAY

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I found something special had come this dawn, My Michigan summer had come and gone, For near halfway through the month of May, I awoke...
Friday, May 8, 2020

THE DESPERATE DOLLAR DAYS

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There are no jobs when no one's buying, I have no income but, I'm trying, I pick old masks out of the trash, I then recycle th...
Thursday, May 7, 2020

SORRY MA, IT'S SNOWING

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Oh great polar vortex that comes in May, That shuts down beach fun and ends spring play, The cold has had a long run, Why can't wi...

THE FLOWER MOON

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The rise of the flower moon, This moon rises none too soon, Why waste a day, In early May, Without lilac scent by noon.
Wednesday, May 6, 2020

TOES FOR A TEE

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I was bit by a poisonous bee, I saw the doctor in the next door county, The bee bit me on the nose, The doc chopped off my toes, He ...

RECORD WINDCHILL BUT, I'LL GET TO WORK?

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The windchill is record bitter but, I need my job, So, I started driving to work like a work needy slob, Then, three miles from work, ...
Tuesday, May 5, 2020

MY STOLEN LUCK

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I've really bad some awful luck, Someone stole my hockey puck, Someone stole my hockey stick, And, my writing pen, brand Bic, Th...
Monday, May 4, 2020

MULTIPLE STREAMS OF INCOME

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My friend lives on a little trust, He delivers papers because he must And, burgers he flips, For cigarettes and tips, He walks because h...
Sunday, May 3, 2020

JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE STENCH

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From the internet I learned that the world is flat, And, if I dig down a few feet a new place I'll be at, So, towards Hawaii went my...

IT ROASTS UPON MY STICK

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The carcass cracks and pops as it roasts upon my stick, I'm not sure what I'll be eating, I found it after it was hit, Oh, it...
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