"Vanity"

There may not be a next time, he said to me

In a brazen display of his vanity.

I may not ask you out again.

I pondered his remarks, while counting to ten.

I don't do ultimatums, I stated at last.

Dealing with such nonsense is a thing of my past.

The voice of my intuition screamed run don't walk.

A red flag was raised by the tone of such talk. 

He's attempting to control me after only one date.

He's not someone I'd consider as a potential mate.

I wrote this little jingle about another of my experiences.  I had one date with this fellow. He subsequently asked me out again, but I declined.  I wasn't keen on his suggested activity, so I politely said "perhaps another time".  His response is the opening line...