Caren Krutsinger Poet Etheree

She Is On a Trip

I used to work at a school 
where children were always saying
their mother or father were on a trip.
It was curious to me that one child's mother was always on a trip.
Her teacher told me this is what the children say when their parents are in jail.
I had no idea until that time that this was a thing.
It is widely accepted, and well known in this community
what "on a trip means".
I believe I was the last one to know.
Glad to find out, I stopped asking them when their parent would be home.

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L Milton Hankins July 12, 2021 at 9:32 AM Hmmm...I didn't know that, but it seems like a good way for a child to describe it. Probably what they were told. Caren Krutsinger July 13, 2021 at 1:20 AM I am sure it was. Many of them called it a "business trip".

Quoth Theraven July 12, 2021 at 7:18 AM Caren, I like this tripped up poem. My good friend Martha Stewart went on a trip once. She learned so many new recipes. -Richard Caren Krutsinger July 13, 2021 at 1:20 AM She sure did!