L Milton Hankins Poet Couplet

The Bitter End

I'm very sure you won't think twice of me,
Before you take your flight and quickly flee.

I have loved you with all my aching heart
So sad to feel your wrath before we part.

You took your time to load your frappin' truck
Cared not a whit you ran us all amuck.

I thought you might consider coming back
I was once more way off the beaten track.

I gave my best to make our marriage work
But you behaved so much the crazy jerk.

Goodbye and good riddance I'll only say
Perhaps I'll try again some other day.

Please don't look back and think I'll still be here
I've shut the door and locked it tight, my dear.

SECOND PLACE WINNER
Written 4/23/2021
For "Rhyming Couplets" Contest
Sponsored by Janice Cannerdy

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Jeanne Mcgee June 1, 2021 at 7:44 PM sometimes this is how it works...thanks for the chuckles. and congrats on your win. L Milton Hankins June 1, 2021 at 8:06 PM Indeed, that is true. Thanks for your read, Jeanne. I appreciated your visit.

Gershon Wolf May 30, 2021 at 8:48 PM I guess I couldn't get that slammed door open the first time around on your winner in the contest, Milt. Congrats to you. Smiles, gw L Milton Hankins May 30, 2021 at 9:07 PM Thanks, Gershon, for your kind comment. Seems so long since I wrote this, I had to go back and see what it said. Yep, the door is still closed on that one!!!

Eve Roper May 27, 2021 at 9:20 PM Interesting write, Milton, slap her hind off. congratulations in Janice Canerdy's couplets contest. L Milton Hankins May 27, 2021 at 10:03 PM Thanks for the read and your comment, Eve. I appreciated it.

Michelle Faulkner May 26, 2021 at 7:58 PM What a wry, tongue in cheek look at the end of a relationship, I like the touch of wistfulness in the line 'perhaps I'll try again some other day' - congrats on your win in the contest! L Milton Hankins May 26, 2021 at 8:21 PM Thank you so much, Michelle, for the read and the comments. I'm glad you liked it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Sam Kauffman May 26, 2021 at 11:14 AM There is humor in the pain of your well written, well designed, lines LM! This just flows with emotion. Congratulations on your win! L Milton Hankins May 26, 2021 at 11:31 AM Thanks so much for your thoughtful comment, Sam.

Janice Canerdy May 25, 2021 at 10:36 PM A big CONGRATS on your win in my contest, Milton. Thanks for entering! Janice L Milton Hankins May 26, 2021 at 9:05 AM Thanks, Janice. I enjoyed your contest.

Caren Krutsinger April 26, 2021 at 1:36 PM This is one of the most humorous sonnets I have ever read. L Milton Hankins April 26, 2021 at 1:45 PM Funny...I didn't think of it as a sonnet.

Alexis Y. April 24, 2021 at 8:39 AM Hi L. Milton, I enjoyed your humourous completes. I found it to be such an entertaining write. Good to know it isn't true. Best wishes in the contest:-) Alexis L Milton Hankins April 24, 2021 at 9:42 AM Thanks, Alexis. Nope, I never had such an experience. Funny how a tragedy like this could be comical.

Evelyn Judy Buehler April 23, 2021 at 9:25 PM Good luck in the contest. You are bound to do well with such a marvelous entry. :) L Milton Hankins April 23, 2021 at 9:38 PM Well, I hope so, but you never know. Thanks, Evelyn.

Daniel Turner April 23, 2021 at 4:12 PM Was it really love or a facsimile thereof? Sadly, everything changes, even people's feelings. Good luck, Milton. L Milton Hankins April 23, 2021 at 7:00 PM Thanks for the read, Daniel. It was pure fiction. Just my imagination run amuck!

Sotto Poet April 23, 2021 at 2:17 PM Great couplet MILTON, I loved : Please don't look back and think I'll still be here I've shut the door and locked it tight, my dear. I wish you good luck in the contest, best regards L Milton Hankins April 23, 2021 at 2:32 PM Thanks so much, Lasaad. I hope it will do well.