Greatness: Last and First?

Aspirational thoughts bleed green:
Dead logs are life's hottest beds

Fungal sutras spell super sex
When existence in phases 
Implies all it does about rank

Top coat won't paint
Which frog won't bunt
When it's the only way
It's going to get on base

Swing for the henceforth
Legal studies sat you down:
L1 can only be accessed
On the special meritorious elevator

Tongues stuck to cheeks
Fail to enunciate their purposes,
Strengths, and glorified measures