NaPoWriMo 2017, Day 29, a Poem, some Penultimates

Penultimates

Penultimates I've endured, in fact many

Penultimate, next to last spoken word

 

Here are a few for which my answer

should have been a simple yes or no

 

Do you have your keys?

(Correct answer, should have been "NO, thank you".) 

Asked just before I locked the car door from within and slammed it shut after egress

 

Should I reenlist in the Army when a Captain's rank is certain with my credentials? 

(Correct answer, should have been "YES!  Thank you".) 

My maximum eligibility age slipped away the next week

 

Perhaps we should ask for directions? 

(Correct answer, should have been "YES!  Thank you".) 

But I don't give that one until we are totally lost on the road

 

Do you want me to make you some breakfast? 

(Correct answer, should have been "YES!  Thank you".) 

We were newlyweds.   My sweet bride has never asked me that question again.

 

That's enough but you get the idea

 

You suggest one of yours,
I've been there before, twice
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 - Poem Copyright © 2017 Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved

 - I'm linked with Brendan MacOdrum , at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, Penultimatums**: Voyages' End (Almost), http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2017/04/penultimatums-voyages-end-almost.html
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 - also to Day Twenty-nine of NaPoWriMo, http://www.napowrimo.net/day-twenty-nine-3/
 
Notes:
1)  **Penultimatum -- a penultimate ultimatum or the act of threatening to give an ultimatum (Urban Dictionary)
2)  Pictured, I'd be totally lost without a tour (Iceland) director's help
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