L Milton Hankins Poet Pantoum

Come In From the Rain

I come in from the rain before I catch a cold --
No matter what science says, I have experience!
Once I thought facing down a draft rather bold
With age I have started trusting commonsense.

No matter what science says, I have experience,
And I have found that sneezes come with damp
With age I have started trusting commonsense,
Colds never came while I lay under a heating lamp.

And I have found that sneezes come with damp
After being rain-soaked and chilled to the bone,
Colds never came while I lay under a heating lamp
Not while I lay in the sunlight on a warm beach prone.

After being rain-soaked and chilled to the bone
My nose always started stuffing up and running
Not while I lay in the sunlight on a warm beach prone,
My discovery of this truth I think is not cunning.

My nose always started stuffing up and running
Eyes got rheumy, and I felt so completely crappy,
My discovery of this truth I think is not cunning
And so, coming in from the rain makes me happy.

Eyes got rheumy, and I felt so completely crappy,
Once I thought facing down a draft rather bold
And so, coming in from the rain makes me happy
I come in from the rain before I catch a cold! 

Written May 8, 2022

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Caren Krutsinger May 13, 2022 at 2:40 PM A well written pantoum that makes me want to get you out of the cold EARLIER next time! L Milton Hankins May 13, 2022 at 5:22 PM Well, they tell me colds are transmitted by viruses, but I'm not fully convinced! (chuckling)

Bill Baker May 11, 2022 at 4:44 PM You are a master of this form, Milt. Your imagery and descriptions were right on, also. Thanks for passing on a little common sense to the aging poets in here. A poet friend in Texas, Bill L Milton Hankins May 12, 2022 at 3:09 PM (chuckling) Thanks, Bill. I appreciate your thoughts.