L Milton Hankins Poet Rhyme

On Cruel People

I can find no excuse whatsoever for cruelty
Signifying an absence of compassionate acuity,
Especially meanness toward little children
And unnecessarily hurting animals, a villain,
With no empathy for the suffering such brings
Seemingly unaware of the jabbing, bee-like sting,
Bullies who delight in another’s discomfort
They don’t seem to care whom they hurt,
Building themselves up with an air of superiority
Clearly, while they suffer feelings of inferiority.
I can find no excuse whatsoever for cruelty,
The complete absence of compassionate acuity. 

Written November 3, 2022

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Caren Krutsinger November 7, 2022 at 2:19 PM I meet these people and I think "poor baby! What happened to you? Who hurt you so much?" L Milton Hankins November 7, 2022 at 3:32 PM It does make you wonder how they can morph into such from fairly ordinary childhoods.

Gershon Wolf November 3, 2022 at 7:36 PM Good. There is no excuse. Just a boatload of psycho-babble labels for what is simply 'Cruelty!' L Milton Hankins November 4, 2022 at 8:06 AM I couldn't agree more, gw. There is no room for cruelty at a local, national, or international level.

Jenna Logan November 3, 2022 at 4:26 PM Whether they bully innocent people or animals, the are despicable. L Milton Hankins November 3, 2022 at 7:04 PM Thanks, Jenna. I worked for quite a while on this poem, and I am still not quite sure it says everything I wanted to say on the subject in a few brief lines.

Joe Maverick November 3, 2022 at 3:23 PM No Milton neither can I, yet people can slip into It for different reasons, a lesson for us all and There are those thomas hamilton was one who Slaughtered children in the Hungerford Massacre, I had my thoughts when it happened Then in a chance encounter with a complete Stranger I began airing them he listened, then Said to me he'd studied his early years he was evil And tortured rabbits in his teens.' The man Gave details (I won't mention now) L Milton Hankins November 3, 2022 at 7:05 PM Thank you for your informative comment, Joe. Joe Maverick November 3, 2022 at 3:24 PM This meeting was some ten years after the event.' God bless.!