CONTEST TIME

In the list I saw a new contest, entitled "A Poem Please." At first glance I thought, "Is this for real or just a tease?" The theme for this contest was just periods-punctuation. I'd have moved on except for contests I've an infatuation. A string of five dots, seemingly a period after a period. Hmm...Should I write in sonnet form, or an epic Iliad? The challenge in this one is that I wasn't given a direction of what to write about. It's in the hands of my discretion. I know I've jumped off the deep end of the poetry pool but if I turn back now, I'm sure I'll look like a crazy fool. I'm left wondering how to salvage such a pathetic start of what could have been a poem about a broken heart. Nah, I've written that scenario a time or maybe twelve. Into that nether region I should no longer try to delve. No pizza party will this little ditty win for the likes of me. But this something silly might make you laugh-wickedly.