RE: "The Dictator's Dash" / "La Carrera del Dictador" ... A Fundraiser For a Friend
Who Was That …?
Ol’ Quill’s grown old, forgets what he’s told,
Of names, he’s oft at a loss,
Perhaps you’d assist, provide him a list,
For mind has filled with it moss.
There once was a Whale of legend and tale,
Valor and virtue and might,
Rakishly handsome and rich as a ransom,
Steely, a steed riding knight.
All did admire as all were inspired,
All men were quick to salute,
The ladies endorsed for hung like a horse,
Ravishing, this man his repute.
What was his name, this man of great fame?
Ol’ Quill, he can’t recollect,
But you with less life, you’re sharp as a knife,
The dots can still you connect.
But Wait!!! Wait a cotton-pickin minute.
Could mind be muddled, Ol’ Quill befuddled,
Addled, depiction of Whale,
Yes … all did admire and all were inspired,
But was the Great Man … even male?
There could have been breasts … and all that suggests,
Perhaps ... Ol’ Quill he was wrong,
Gorgeous the smile and eyes that beguile,
With hair that’s lustrous and long.
Beautiful, brilliant; righteous, resilient,
Graceful and graced with it, charm,
Possessing a poise, enchanted were boys,
Yet few would take it her arm.
Onlookers bemused, Ol’ Quill he’s confused,
Needs help from those who would aid,
Provide him a list of gestures and gists,
Who was that man … or that maid?
Quill
Well, it took a while. It's the weekend and things are a little snail-ish rather than whale-ish and the mind's not of moss but of mush.
All that aggregates (@aggroed) into exactly (@adsactly) what @hlezama migh need with a little help from Gandalf the Grey (@gtg) who doesn't have either a witty engine (@enginewitty) or flatulence - whether arty or not (@glitterfart)....
With no apology....
!giphy hahahaha
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Hung like a horse? That's too much a tale.
I tell you who though! It was a whale!
It may have been one, or it may have been three,
But I think that one was @curie.
@wwwiebe,
I'm not sure if it was @curie, though. Could have been. Is Curie tall? Dashing? Debonair? Beautiful and brilliant? Is there anyone else it could have been?
Ol' Quill
P.S. Nice! Someone's been holding out. You're a friggin poet!
(Thank you! I love writing and wish I could do it more than I do. I get distracted to easily! oooh look.. squirrel)
Haha! Oh, Quill! You do know how to start a fire, don't you? :)
What you are doing is beyond words. I thank you for all of them. You are a guardian angel. xo
Denise
@dswigle,
Denise ... who was it??? Who was that Whale? You're young and chipper. Surely your memory is better than mine. Just throw out some names ... maybe one will ring a bell.
Quill
This is an 'off the cuff' poem to try and illicit a chuckle, an upvote and a resteem from a few steem whales. In tribute to, and support of @hlezama
I'm not sure which whales,
Male or females
that your poem is trying to address...
but I'll hazard a tagging
of a bunch of kind folks
for potential upvotes
to help out a steemian in distress.
@theycallmedan @trafalgar @kevinwong
All strong supporters of the #newsteem dream
@canadian-coconut has been charitable with upvotes for as long as I've been here on steem,
@smooth seems real cool, they might help us to prove that steem is a place of compassion,
finally @acidyo who founded the OCD curation show, to curate this post made with passion.
😉🤣👍 Let's hope the power of poetry wins out @quillfire
P.s. these are just a handful of peeps who would really help get this in front of a lot of people with an upvote and resteem.
P.p.s. @andrarchy there has been a lot of talk post HF21 about trending. What should be pushed organically to trending yada yada yada. And it's mainly steem related content so far being pushed organically to the trending page. I'm just going to go out on a limb and say this type of post is a little nugget of marketing gold.
If steemit.inc endorsed this as a featured post and it was voted up to trending wouldn't that make a good story? The steem blockchain's capacity to have helped so many with issues of poverty and state monitary control is a truly ground breaking thing that has been achieved. Publicise these facts! Show that this is still happening! I've said this many times before, the best chance at a really strong story in mainstream press is this type of 'good news' story.
@raj808,
Well, I suppose all of those Whales could fit the bill, couldn't they? Handsome and beautiful. Brilliant and buxom.
Poor Ol' Quill ... still so flummoxed.
Ol' Quill
Yes.
Ha ha, so none of them were who you were thinking of.... hmnnnn could it be @blocktrades you were thinking about? They have certainly been known to support such positive posts showing off the power of the steem blockchain 🙂
@raj808,
Ah ... @blocktrades. That does ring a bell. Blocktrades ... Blocktrades ... sounds male, doesn't it? And well-endowed, n'est pas?
Ol' Quill
Blocktrades is a dude. I met him briefly at steemfest 3 in Krakow :)
@raj808,
Are you sure? Were there women brushing back their hair as they laughed uproariously at all his jokes?
If so ... he could be the one.
Quill
@anomadsoul is friends with monsieur @blocktrades.... so maybe he could whisper in his ear 😄
@anomadsoul,
A Nomad Soul. Wanderlust ... lust. Now that would be in keeping with the whole:
... thing, wouldn't it?
Huh.
Quill
Ha ha, quill that's hilarious. Eric (anomadsoul) is a diamond geezer, also someone I chilled with at steemfest 3.
@raj808,
A "diamond geezer" ... I had no idea what that was, so I Googled it:
Women friggin' love diamonds, don't they? Combine that with a schlong that goes down to his knees ...
Need I say more?
Quill