‘Ditherers’
There’s a place at the slow end of town
where the fussy and fastidious
can’t-make-up-their- minds go.
It’s called ‘Ditherers’, a little hither
of Yon.
It’s where you mull over the menu
menacingly slow.
And dishes are consumed at a pace
only snails know.
Where anecdotes meander for miles
while the night nods off
and the moon hangs low,
There’s a diner called ‘Ditherers’
where minds to and fro.
The last to lines are perfection, John. Witty and wise post.
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thanks K: I had so much fun with this one; I thought the post was a dud: people weren’t responding; and then 3 in a row: I guess everything awaits its time 🙂
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Sounds like a wonderful place to be. 😊
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yes, we were talking about dithering and that got me thinking, what if there were a diner called ‘Ditherers’ like the Boston pub in ‘Cheers’; my little fantasy 🙂
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Good imagery John. I can dither over a menu but eat with lightning speed. Funny contrast, isn’t it? 😀
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hahahahahha; I like that Eden 🙂
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Yes, the last line is good……
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thanks, Don; going to have to reread it; forgot what it was —
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Yes, it was a good line……
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ha ha! love it. Sounds like my kind of place. I especially like “where anecdotes meander for miles and the night nods off.” 🙂 Lovely image.
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thanks Worms; the prompt was the word ‘dithers’; the poem grew from there 🙂
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what a great place that would be. wonderful way to end it
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thanks Beth; I delayed posting the poem by half a day till I got the ending I was pleased with 🙂
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worth the wait
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I’m weary of those who ‘can’t make up their minds’. Let’s just get on with. There’s always another tomorrow. A very clever and witty poem, John. The words sound just right. 🙂
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yes, I like the tone of the poem, the pacing; it felt good 🙂
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I always dither over a menu. This poem brought to mind my mother, she had no patience for those of us who dither. I can hear her now “quit dithering!”
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hahaha; my mum was like that too 🙂
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Excellent! I have to admit, sometimes I can be a ditherer.
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there’s a bit of a ditherer in all of us, Bob; Hamlet lifted it to a whole new level and invented a word for it: ‘procrastinating’ 🙂
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Excellent point! He sure did.
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This is so clever and fun. Already with the first line you set the pace for the reader. If I lived in a town, I would live in the slow end.
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me too, Ulle; I do not enjoy the hurly burly 🙂
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Oh, I love this! Such a fun poem with so many good lines.
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it’s my inner stand – up 🙂 thanks Bridgette
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Haha! Love this one my friend 🖤
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