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Hank Helman May 2021
How do we ever explain
The joy expressed by a soldier
As he kills a child
With a bullet to the head.

Every army is ugly.

We are a mistake.
We have nothing to offer the universe.
Our end is near.
Hank Helman May 2021
I asked my father for life advice.

He said form alliances not friends.

I asked what the difference was, is.

Alliances last he said,

And turned the key to start the car.
Hank Helman May 2021
Tease me with your metaphor
Your kitten's purr, our lion's roar,
Alliterate your love for me,
****, sensual, sets me free.

A simile might make me smile,
Like Cheshire cats in sly profile,
But allegory comes first and last,
Our love a winter's snowy path.
Words are my playground. I wish I knew other languages.  HH
Hank Helman Apr 2021
Don't say that you'll love me forever,
Please don't,
Please, please never ever pray for me,
After today.

What I want to know, what I must know,
Listen closely,
Is--  can you, will you, forget me,
Don't cry

You have the rest of your life.
Hold me,
You must not live in my shadow, our shadow,
Tighter please.

Tonight we tag the best of our times,
Our children,
Tonight we laugh until we are drunk with joy,
So beautiful.

Promise me when I am gone,
Promise me you will move on.

Say it.
I overheard this conversation when visiting my mother in a cancer ward. It stuck.  The lady who was sick was scheduled to die with dignity the next day. I've paraphrased but not much. I think about her from time to time  hh
Hank Helman Apr 2021
Lemon lipstick, cherry cheeks,
Rainbow eyes, she plays for keeps,

She's not afraid and not a fool,
Head held high, she's knows she's cool,

Purple hair, skulls on nails,
Tight skirt short, she never fails.

Girl's got game, girl's a chica,
Dance sweet lina, so magnika
I watched a young woman just own a bar. She was bold, brave, magnetic and happy. This is for her. She was an inspiration.
Hank Helman Apr 2021
I went to see an interior designer.

Turns out we weren't talking about the same thing

At all.
Hank Helman Apr 2021
So
Isn't it odd
That a man named Jobs,
Created so many.
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