Caren Krutsinger Poet Narrative

Sixth Graders In the School Hallway

I hear loud clamoring and yelling.
It sounds like a rumble in the school hallway.
I know it is the older students.
The young ones do not dare.

YOU’RE FIRED! Someone yells.
You’re going to jail! says another voice.
Lots of snickering and laughing.
Maniacal giggling. It is not this funny.

Joy in the hallway because it is Friday.
Kindergarteners are on the other side in a straight line.
Looking straight ahead, keeping their bubbles. Voices off.
One of the sixth-grade boys gives them the stink eye.

A little boy screams.
“It’s okay. He is my brother! “he tells the teacher.
The teacher begins to give him the what for.
The kindergartener smiles, because he did it first.

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Gershon Wolf January 26, 2022 at 6:36 PM I have aged badly, I'm afraid, as I can't relate to this scene at all... It's ok. This way, I don't know what I'm missing. ~ Mr. Left Out Caren Krutsinger January 27, 2022 at 12:30 AM You now know what you are missing, and aren't you glad?

Kim Rodrigues January 26, 2022 at 2:31 PM LOL!!! Oh I love this one! Sounds like my two grandsons…it is so them! Caren Krutsinger January 27, 2022 at 12:30 AM It is so my granddaughters too. Ha!

L Milton Hankins January 25, 2022 at 5:17 PM A little version of his future self, methinks. Caren Krutsinger January 26, 2022 at 12:56 AM Exactly! Nothing like a little brother!

John Lawless January 25, 2022 at 4:58 PM AH, turnabout is fair play....especially among siblings... Caren Krutsinger January 26, 2022 at 12:56 AM Siblings are hilarious. I love it when they get sent to me - the school counselor -on the same day. Their stories are barely similar.