Caren Krutsinger Poet Dramatic Verse

But He Is My Cousin

But he is my cousin I insisted 
He would not have done that
He is a great guy I said. 
He is reliable and dependable.
There is no way!

My husband said, "Someone changed the check. It was not me."
I looked at the check. He was right, and it looked bad.
A check I had written to my cousin for $35 said $350
and it had been cashed.
I will call him, I offered.
He is coming over my husband said. 
He said he would be here in twenty minutes.
We only saw him once after that, at a wedding.
He looked at his shoes 
Not at us
Left early

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Panagiota Romios June 2, 2019 at 12:13 PM Just dropped by to say that glad you are Maintaining first place on Community Poets. Be joyous, you really care about others!. You set an example for me. I realize people have time constraints. I don't know how you do it. You are a sunny and loving being of others, not of yourself. Congrats. Panagiota Caren Krutsinger June 2, 2019 at 4:37 PM Thank you so much my friend. I am trying the best I can, but sitting is difficult.

Eve Roper June 2, 2019 at 10:34 AM Very dramatic poem... I'm sorry one shouldn't be used or taken.. Hugs Eve Caren Krutsinger June 2, 2019 at 4:38 PM Absolutely! Betrayal by a relative is rather sad; it breaks your heart actually.

Silent One June 2, 2019 at 7:14 AM always hurts more when blood betrays us... Caren Krutsinger June 2, 2019 at 4:38 PM It surely does. The sadness lasts a long time.

Sand Blown June 1, 2019 at 6:36 PM cousins...I remember in my early teens other high school kids getting married.. ...as non-blood related cousins Caren Krutsinger June 1, 2019 at 10:35 PM yes, it happens.

William Kelii Kekaula June 1, 2019 at 4:03 PM Aw! 'Tis be a sad reality of an undeniable truth, and to have it come to such ends Caren--a righteous revelation that we all been akin to know, Aloha William Caren Krutsinger June 1, 2019 at 10:36 PM It is sad, but it is happening. Integrity is something our children do not understand, for many do not have role models that demonstrate it.