Outflanked

Boys sprawled on the floor intent on setting up their army men The floor cold and inviting The stare of a teachers eye The curve of her smile at common play So there’s a movie, The Rules of Engagement that is *the internal rules or directives among military forces ROE defines the circumstances conditions, degrees and manner in which the use of force or actions which might be construed, as provocative may be applied* so I innocently ask a question kids have no business understanding nor have an answer for, nor for that matter do I have a comprehensive understanding of statement but I ask anyway because such flops often come into my brain and out of my patootie What are your rules of engagement? Just then a grandfather leans into my ear You want to know what the rules of engagement are? You get that son of a b***ch, before he gets you! He goes on to tell me he’s reading Tea with Terrorists and says you don’t I think by then I had fallen off my chair and was lined up with the army men 2/5/2021 Based on my true story! *Between asterisks, definition obtained from wikipedia