Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Goody Kindergarten Field Trip

Mary, did you get the memo about the meeting?
What meeting?
Today’s.
When is it?
Now.

No, I didn’t get it.
Come on.
I don’t think so.
I hate meetings.

Okay. But while I am here, I have to ask.
Do you want to go on a field trip with the kindergarteners?
No.
Teacher looks surprised.
Why?
Kindergarten is hard. I’d rather jump off a cliff into a vat of wild boars
Who have not been fed in a week than go on any field trip with Kindergarteners.

Kindergarten teacher laughs,
Thinking Mary is kidding.
Mary is not.

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Gershon Wolf April 8, 2018 at 10:14 PM You're right. There's nothing worse, except maybe trying to sub for a 7th-8th grade Sunday morning Sunday school class, whose denizens' hormones are exploding every second. I IDENTIFY! Caren Krutsinger April 9, 2018 at 12:29 AM I put on a Sunday School Christmas pageant once with 85 children. Dress rehearsal was awful, in a sale barn, that had no heat, which had been frequented by a skunk and the children could not hear me at all because their Mommies were told to take that 2 hours off to do Christmas prep things. I went home and cried for an hour after the practice.

Line Gauthier April 8, 2018 at 1:49 PM LOL. Cute one, Caren Line Gauthier April 8, 2018 at 4:22 PM LOL Caren Krutsinger April 8, 2018 at 2:16 PM Thanks Line. I spent a whole school day being a sub for kindergarten twice; they ran me ragged, it was the most insightful time; I cannot be with Kindergarten. They are way too tough!

Michelle Faulkner April 8, 2018 at 8:59 AM Hah - that is exactly how I feel about a field trip with kindergarteners! Caren Krutsinger April 8, 2018 at 9:45 AM I see you have been on one.