The Father of the Poet Or Poetess Upon Sharing a Few Poems

The father of the poet texted the following: What is going on in your head? Why are you writing such weird stuff? Why can’t you write about happy things? You know I am a roses are red kind of guy. The Poet replied: What about the mountain road poem - Wasn’t that fairly normal? The father then begged the poet not to enter any contests Made an offer of a thousand dollars If the poet would just lose some weight.