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Unfairly Defined
Not really cold and not too hot—
“lukewarm” describes what it is not.
It isn’t fair it’s named for Luke.
In fact, it’s really just a fluke.
It’s really not Luke’s fault at all.
I’ll give the facts. You make the call.
Though he tried to love that girl right well,
the truth is, that he never fell
as hard as she did. She was nice,
and yet they only dated twice.
She was in love, but he was not.
It wasn’t that they fussed or fought.
It’s just that he preferred another,
not this girl liked by his mother.
So, though the match had been decided
by their folks, it was one-sided.
He, alas, just could not fashion
anything approaching passion.
She pined as he moved on to marry
a girl who came from Tucumcari
while she remained a single maid,
much-admired, but never laid.
And Luke, who did not choose to tarry,
wound up in the dictionary.
He still defines that boring norm
not cold, not hot, but only warm.
The bit of bad luck that he had?
Though he was neither rogue nor cad,
he chose a woman who was “not” her,
and she was Noah Webster’s daughter!
The prompt was lukewarm.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
I noticed I wasn’t seeing your posts in my reader, and I got worried that something had happened. I popped over here and yep, you’re still posting. Yay! Checked my reader and… you and a few others were no longer in my follow list! I didn’t actively remove you, I’ve been following you for years. Weirdness. Well, you just picked up “another” follower then. 🙂
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Thanks, Oniker. You’ll have plenty of reading material now!
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Enjoyed! Sometimes your cleverness is overwhelming!!
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?? Well, many thanks. Gulp.
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Such a clever, original response.
I will never get tired of seeing a new post from you. 🙂
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Thanks, Thunder. Hope I never get tired of writing them!
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What a clever poem. I hope Webster’s daughter gave him words that made his ears ring 😉
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Ha..You mean his daughter Tinn?
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Yes
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She, too, was immortalised as tinnitus! (In answer to your comment”I hope Webster’s daughter gave him words that made his ears ring.”) 😉
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😉
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This is great! I am such an amateur. Oh well, that’s okay. I must put this on my blog tomorrow. It’s like an adult nursery rhyme.
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Well, just wanted to assist you a bit in your research, my dear.
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Your assistance is welcomed anytime, Judy.
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I’m glad I finally have an answer to that age old question. A many not enough in love to be bothered. The lukest kind of warmish.
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So glad I could straighten you out on that and free you to go on to other big questions of life.
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