Marker Poem by RIC BASTASA

I stopped being nice
To be happy for once

And so today
you will find the word
No
in the dictionary of my mind

I will keep things
Short and sweet
I won’t gabble
I won’t give you
A rope to hang you with

I won’t engage
And apologize
Or even explain
I won’t give you the
Fuel to use against me
And I get my 'no'
In quickly


I will set the marker
Right from the
Beginning
So you will
Know where
You will end.