Caren Krutsinger Poet Light Verse

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LOL if you do not know by now means Laugh Out Loud

L O L

When texting was just starting out, my friend texted LOL to me.
Little ornery lunatic?
Lovely ordinary laugh?
Luxuriously outstanding lady?
Lobe-oriented log-splitter?
Land over Lithuania?

Lime Orange Lion-berries?
I texted back “what is LOL?”
But she had shut her phone off
For the night.

I texted three more friends,
But their phones had also
Been shut off.

This was before people started
carrying their cellphones all
day long, looking at them 
constantly you see.

LOL

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M. L. Kiser December 2, 2018 at 8:07 PM And the image of all of those people walking around with their phones, is worth LOL'ing. Wanting to impress my great nieces and nephews, because I never wanted to be the nerdy aunt; I found this sight: http://www.mob1le.com/sms.html Caren Krutsinger December 2, 2018 at 10:05 PM I needed this site, M.L. Thank you!!!!

Brandy Nicole November 30, 2018 at 9:43 PM Words are FuN, when you write them. :) Caren, this is Cute. Sending you Lots of Love, while LOl. Laughing out loud. ~ Brandy Caren Krutsinger November 30, 2018 at 11:25 PM Thank you Brandy. I love some of these silly things that lend themselves into poetry so neatly.

Rhona Mcferran November 30, 2018 at 6:21 PM I remember my utter confusion over that one, too! If I had thought of "Little ornery lunatic", I'm sure I would've assumed that's what my friend meant! Hahahahaha! ;D Fun poem! Caren Krutsinger November 30, 2018 at 11:25 PM You did notice it was my first thought also, right Rhona?

Chris Green November 30, 2018 at 11:29 AM "Lobe-oriented log-splitter" that one really got me laughing. This was fun Caren and there are still some that I get that I have no idea what they mean and I am to embarrassed to ask. :) Caren Krutsinger November 30, 2018 at 3:15 PM I am so confused by the new language, I am left in the dust in many ways, where I am okay being actually.

Kim Rodrigues November 30, 2018 at 7:24 AM Love this write! And then there was ROFL. When I went to my cousin’s wedding shortly after the cellphone revolution, I laughed as I saw several outside on their cell phones. And now my parents stare at theirs! :0 Caren Krutsinger November 30, 2018 at 3:16 PM This is a phenomenon that pretty much yells "You might as well join them" no one is talking to anyone else anymore anyway.

Beata Agustin November 30, 2018 at 6:31 AM "Laughter" they say is the "best medicine..." Thanks for sharing LOL's varied meanings. God bless you! Caren Krutsinger November 30, 2018 at 6:56 AM Thank you Beata. I still see so many acronyms the teenagers use that I do not know. I think they have one that means parents in the room - PIR? and Parental Units Listening -PUL?