Repost: Losers : A DIY Nonsense

      ABbot's
up in the air, 

     sluggish
out of the box, 

    lax when
after the _____ 

    (unlike 

NFL _____).
                                                         

     CeDric's
earn'd your contempt, 

     ever
down in the dumps, 

     not quite
over the _____, 

    (loath to
taking his _____ ).
                                                        

     EFrem’s
up to his ears, grazes
outside the fence -- months be-
hind with his _____. (Doesn't
rate your two _____.)
                                                        

     GerHardt’s
up to no good, ducks the
top of the heap, won't look
after the _____. (All who
read of him _____.)
                                                       

     IlJa
skates on thin ice, never’s
in on the joke – pig-like,
in his own _____. (Someone
fix him: he's _____.)
                                                       

     KyLe spends
life on his knees, too far
out on a limb, giving
in to each _____. (Captain
Blue-Sky: that's _____.)
                                                       

     MaNute's
lacking a map, won't a-
bandon the nest, last bloke
in on the _____. (Manute!
Give it a _____!)
                                                        

     OPie’s
down – I’d say
"out" -- well be-
yond the perim- ...iter,
nearing his _____-...it. (We
all feel for _____.)
                                                       

     QuaRk keeps
on the QT -- never's
off to the races, ain’t
up to the _____: the
saddest of _____.)
                                                      

     STeve lives
under a spell, always
over the top. Self es-
teem...? Not a _____. (Never 
fails...as a _____!)
                                                      

     UVe’s
down the "up" stair, doesn’t
lower his voice. Options...?
None that are _____. (In breefe:
note very _____.)                                                                                                                 

     WaXman’s
kept under wraps. He's (with-
out the "X" factor) toss'd
under the _____. (His
wife...? Friends bush-_____.)                                                     

     YaZzer’s
"back o' the yards," too far
out of the zone, well be-
yond reach by _____. (Someone!
Throw Yaz a _____!)