Caren Krutsinger Poet Prose Poetry

I Am Hot I Need Shade

I am Hot! I Need Shade! I Need My I-Pad!
outside tug of war
coach wants me to time them,
rotations will be fifteen minutes.
The first group gets overheated at five.

It’s too hot! I need shade!
Can we go inside? I want my I-pad!
Their faces are lobster crimson.
For the first time ever, they feel sweat on their necks.
It is morning, barely eighty degrees.

I can hardly wait for this afternoon’s groups.
Kindergarten, first, second, third and fifth.
We have to entertain them for fifty-five minutes.

Children of today melt in the heat.
They get crabby and cranky.
May whine. Some cry.
We lived the whole summer out there
Without air conditioning, without complaint. How times have changed!

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L Milton Hankins June 10, 2021 at 9:02 AM They certainly have. I didn't know air-conditioning existed until I was an adult. Just returned from Florida, I think air-conditioning is responsible for the growth of the sunshine state. Caren Krutsinger June 10, 2021 at 8:37 PM I blame air conditioning for so many overweight children.