Short Lieutenant Poems

The lieutenant & his woman
An actress & her leading man,
A boy meets girl tale,
It happens every day-
In a play within a play....

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I saluted in front of him and vowed, 
“Sir, I’ll follow you anywhere, sir.”
The Lieutenant roared, 
“You can’t follow in front of me. 
Get to the rear!”...

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[with apologies to Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae]

We are the winkers! Short days ago,
We played all night, until dawn's glow,
Squopped and were squopped: for here we go
In the Fields of Winks, to hop them low....

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troop!
the lieutenant screamed
inches from the face of Del
how do you expect
to make spec four
with a damn rolls royce
radiator cap in your locker

looking straight into the looey's face
returned I wouldn't give up
that radiator cap 
to make spec four
anytime, anywhere, anyplace
and smiled broadly,
Sir!!

(Yes, he did steal it one drunken night)...

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Lieutenant General Georgie Patton also known as "Old Blood and Guts"

   Was so eccentric and egotistical that many people thought him nuts!

      His armored divisions delivered relief to the beleaguered at Bastogne,

         But to hear him tell it, you'da thunk the SOB had done it alone!

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
© All Rights Reserved...

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yellow tape
not a good sign
I should run screaming the other way
some macabre force moves me toward it

my blood turns to ice
when I see the chalk outline
not of a grown up
but rather of a child

I will listen to my inner voice next time
and run screaming into the other direction
my lieutenant asks me “are you okay, sergeant?"

I must find a different job
My skin is too soft for this one.
I nod, before I wretch....

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Lieutenant Adjective snoops
about the crime scene seeking
forensic evidence to catch
the prime suspect
with a warm clue to match
the DNA in a way that puts
the suspect there
at the time of the murder.
The sleuth modifies
his perspective by staring
at the spot on the wall 
upside down sideways,
up close and at a distance.
He’s tenacious.
As a qualifier par excellance
he will close the case
with unkempt elegance
and with the usual dire consequence....

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The second lieutenant had a snip, snip
For some reasons then it was very hip
Told the chief he couldn't stay
The chief thought he wanted to play
Dropped his drawers his swollen parts to strip  


Another fire department story...
He had a little male surgery.
He was suppose to work because the doctor had said that he could come in..
He had developed swelling in his male parts so he showed the chief 
what was wrong why he could not work..LOL...

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