Gerard DiLeo

Joined July 2021

873 stories

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Retired, not tired. Hippocampus, behave!

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I Can't Stop
Since this limerick challenge began I was entranced again and again To write the silly cadence Till I fit in with the patients
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Poets
Two-Way Mirror
The mirror showed a reflection that wasn't my own, although this was no reflection on me. I had long since fretted over my misty inconsistency, my missing solidity, my not-mattering matter.
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Fiction
Death and Taxes
The cliché, unavoidable Death and Taxes Is foreplay for double anticlimaxes Unless your intention Is to file an extension
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Poets
Too Smart for His Own Good
An MD, JD, MBA, full alphabet Reached more degrees than a charcoal briquette But poor and homeless he was Because of the fine print clause
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Poets
Time Heals
The pretty, young thing was an appetizer Favored over a plain woman, which surprised her But as they both got older Similar wrinkles consoled her
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Poets
Last Request
They stood me up at dawn For conclusions mistakenly drawn Their muzzles were jammed Fired back at the damned They all died but I walked off and lived on
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Poets
Aabba!
There is a boy in town called Nick Who makes love to atheists by limerick It rhymes twice and then twice again Couplets driving infidels insane
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Poets
The Number 1 Problem
Incontinence makes you no friends In confidence one question ascends: Do you use medicine Or Kegels for that denizen? Your response is always...Depends.
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Poets
Fooling Nobody
The absurdity is duplicitous refusing When diversity is solicitous perusing Of each race and ethnicity To avoid specificity
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Poets
Five More Minutes
There once was a letch named Ned Who dreamt dreams of lust in his head With Halle and Uma Angelina and Ursula Nigh finished but fell out of bed
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Poets
Expiration Date
There is something we suffer called midlife Obsessed with our flaccid love life But as it turns out There is ne'er any doubt
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Poets
Go With Your Gut
What does my gut tell me? I asked myself. Always have to go with my gut. Prebiotics rule my diet. They feed my gut bacteria their delicious and nutritious fiber. This re-equilibrates the ratio of good-to-bad bacteria in my intestines. It behooves me to keep the ratio lopsided toward the good ones, lest I regret what my gut tells me.
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Fiction