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Nasty, Brutish, and Short

...It was you who initiated this relationship.
Even at its outset, I was crying.
I was your plaything,
the butt of your elaborate practical jokes.
Refusing to be transparent,
except when teasing me...

New year new you

...
As we sit in anticipation watching the clock countdown
Our minds racing filled with thoughts of renaissance
The talk turns slowly to the making of vows 
And we think about sleep and the years re...

When it is Time to Reflect

...

                                  When it is Time to Reflect

                When the sparkling shine of spring spreads on earth
                        It is time for flowers to take new bir...

An Empty Tomb

...
                                           
                                            An Empty Tomb

                                Inside a tomb sculpted in stones
                         ...

Plagued with lifelong lower gastrointestinal Sturm und Drang

...Plagued with lifelong lower gastrointestinal Sturm und Drang

Ever since a young lad
irritable bowel syndrome
in my humble pinion wracked
lower abdominal area 
gurgled and ballooned gastrointes...

Prayer To Lord Ganesha

...Written September 2023


                                   Prayer to Lord Ganesha

                        Son of Lord Siva and Goddess Parvati, 
                  Cast in a beauteous form to ...

God Alone Plan and Mysterious Ways

...Why do such travesties happen and
continue to occur

To living human being people such as us

As loss , loneliness , misery and pain 

For what exact purpose and who's gain

If God was and i...

Q and A

...Don't quite know what the actual question

Is

Or

Was

Not or can't say quite for sure 

I ever even knew

From the very outset or start

The only one thing I know

Or with a tiny de...

Recluse By Dint of Circumstance

...Recluse by dint of circumstance

Proud anonymous troglodytes 
forerunners of mine
confronted threats less horrific
than forty fifth commander in chief
of United States of America.

He/him (ma...

Together

...Would it be ok if we did everything together?
I really think we're two birds of a feather
I promise if we do I wouldn't bother you
Or hold on to you as if you're on a tether

It's just that wher...

Xylophone

...It seemed to me, at the outset, an abacus,
Of nursery kids; and, lo, looked less glamorous; 
It had scales fixed on a piano skeleton,
While an abacus shone like beads in gelatin...!  

It has an...

The Listening Heart

...I had spent recent years in mourning, since I had lost someone very dear;
As when pallid moon is hidden by clouds, and bright stars will not appear.

My job as a professor consumed me, and I was h...

Butterfly

...My little child was like a butterfly.
She was fond of butterflies as well.
This was why I called her: butterfly. 
She ran to me commanding me to tell her stories.
I obeyed as she had been the app...

Murphy For Trophy

...At a time he should have been set
Murphy became rather upset.
Scott had this guessed at the outset
But not how to Murphy reset.
Scott could only pray that Murphy
Go home with the cherished troph...

In Honor of Milt

...
Backhanded Apology
Copyright © L MILTON HANKINS | Year Posted 2022

Sorry if I upset you,
I really didn’t mean it
Actually, I meant it
Until I saw it upset you,
Now I’m so...

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