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Ultimatum

This occasion I will be quick

use all my every wit and trick

fast as a shooting star
I will follow, like a mammoth
comet I will cut through and
not wallow in the dark, lighting
the sky, a rabid Solar Firefly!

Constant in my blazing
pursuit, though the heavens
are replete with obstacles
thick, I will remain slippery
slick – sliding over the thin weaving
fearlessly through the thick, taking leaps 
and bounds like trumpeting elephants making 
raging sounds – God knows this muse of
mine will know no rest! – tired of word-salads,
cutesy at best! – Give me something
of your monarch title worthy, and not continue to
deplete my precious poetic time by offering me another 
bowl of mushy, flashy, sentimental-card-like, low hanging
fruit, overripe rhyme – or you're fired!!

Copyright © Joe Dimino | Year Posted 2023

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Joe Maverick Date: 8/10/2023 1:37:00 PM Well knock me down with large lettuce Or radish..? I woulden't know a poetry Beef from a bowl of noodles, LOL)))) I need help maybe.? Do you think i'm In danger of poetry ànemia? You've got me Rather concerned' maybe I'm burned Out.? I could be over a salad barrel as It were.' I shall have to leaf through my Memories to see ? To compare.? Oh my I've got more cares I'm goung to blame it On the green party.' They must have some use.? Login to Reply Joe Maverick Date: 8/10/2023 8:12:00 PM Yes so many light'n out of Brands now.' Its a burning Issue.' Joe Dimino Date: 8/10/2023 4:02:00 PM Lol -- Hi Joe; nothing wrong with even junk-food -- most things in moderation are fine I think. But no Bud Light for me!

The Situation Date: 8/5/2023 1:19:00 PM Tired of word salads! LOL Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 8/5/2023 7:02:00 PM Hi TS; I am no vegetarian when it comes to poetry. Thank you my friend.

Valsa George Date: 8/2/2023 9:54:00 PM Beneath this humorous write, I find some unpalatable truths and some advice you like to sugarcoat. "Give me something of your monarch title worthy, and not continue to deplete my precious poetic time by offering me another bowl of mushy, flashy, sentimental-card-like, low hanging fruit, overripe rhyme – or you're fired!!". I know what you mean..... ! Great poem dear Joe. Serious warning !! Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 8/3/2023 7:34:00 AM Well, thank you, Valsa; much of the bible is poetry...a reason why God chose such medium for His Truth expressed.... I write flash...a lot of ego...but I try not to entirely trash this precious, divine gift~Poetry!! Once in awhile writing something I am not totally ashamed of:) -- God bless us all.

Sara Kendrick Date: 8/2/2023 1:29:00 PM Yes, our monarch butterfly worthy work. You have used some very good poetic techniques in this one. Thank you for sharing and for dropping by my page. Sara Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 8/2/2023 4:12:00 PM Thank you, Sara; have a blessed day!

Evelyn Judy Buehler Date: 8/1/2023 9:29:00 PM Love the beautiful imagery of this amusing poem, Joe. Nice work! :) Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 8/2/2023 12:45:00 PM Hi Evelyn; that you so much -- a fun romp through the stars...what the heck! Blessings my friend.

Mystic Rose Rose Date: 7/27/2023 3:20:00 AM lol I love this Joe, it shows your sense of humor, sense of loyalty and sensitivity of poet, and poetry. So well delivered, I'm not going to give you an ultimatum, but I might take you up on it and write you a monarch butterfly to die for lol :) Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 7/27/2023 7:19:00 AM I hear you! And really do love flash -- "I honestly don't think that poetry comes from any egg or cocoon of humble...us butterflies and peacocks of literature." Thank you, Vie.

Heidi Sands Date: 7/26/2023 7:35:00 AM Great, fun poem Joe! Your muse knows no rest :) Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 7/26/2023 8:59:00 AM I demand more meat in my poetry, gravy but not swimming in it. A heaping salad but not so much garnish and dressing to overpower the healthful greens -- Thank you, Heidi; blessings!

Vickey Rhymer Date: 7/25/2023 10:02:00 PM I don't know Joe I find value in Dr Seuss .Sometimes what appears silly one day upon closer inspection another was only trying to conceal the somberest tone or thought as it was thought to heavy a condiment for ready consumption. Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 7/25/2023 11:00:00 PM Absolutely! A writer must be free to choose his or her tone, mood, form of expression.

Gershon Wolf Date: 7/25/2023 6:47:00 PM Ah, but the content is yours to decide, Joe D., while your so-called Muse powders his nose, and abstains from all prose! lol. Go for it, man! Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 7/25/2023 9:23:00 PM Thank you, Gershon; hope you are doing well. Blessings my friend.

Vijay Pandit Date: 7/25/2023 10:21:00 AM God knows this muse of mine will know no rest! – tired of word-salads, cutesy at best! – Give me something of your monarch title worthy--I know what you mean. Muse has its own mind--it's working--don't fire!! Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 7/25/2023 11:57:00 AM Hi Vijay; great fun -- thank you. Blessings.

Speaks Volumes Date: 7/25/2023 9:30:00 AM This amusing and very cute Joe. I loved it Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 7/25/2023 9:39:00 AM Thank you, SV.. It was fun to write. Can't be serious all the time. Blessings.