Absolutely Not

not is such a powerful little word
all on its own
to tack absolutely before it
is completely, totally and utterly
indicating that there might have been
some uncertainty at some other time
uncertainty that has resolved
into an elegantly negative, not.
I wonder why you just didn’t say no.
why did you use such a strong denial
I figured you would refuse
this absolutely hurts though
like a sharp pinch
when a light push
and a dubious no
would have made it
more simply just, not so.
Judith A. Sears

©08/25/2018

…the weirdest things inspire what I write. This was from a post on twitter. One twitterer requested a reply, the other responded by tweeting ‘absolutely not.’ All at once, sad (because it seemed so final) and silly (because it was after all a response). By the way, the twitterer was quite elated with the response. It was a celebrity crush sort of thing. I’m not telling who the celebrity was but I was inordinately jealous.