Caren Krutsinger Poet Narrative

The Children Who Stay All Day

I hear them in the hall
They are whistling and laughing
School has not started yet

These are the children
Who are here early
Who have been here for an hour

The regulars who will not be whistling or laughing
When they are the last ones picked up
At six tonight

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L Milton Hankins October 11, 2021 at 9:01 AM You know, for some kids who have a horrible homelife, this is probably good. I would have died of boredom by the end of the day. And when I got home I would have been a bear. Caren Krutsinger October 11, 2021 at 10:20 AM I know they like being here early, because they are privy to lots of teacher's conversations; teachers not noticing they are listening. But in the evenings they get tired of watching the other kids get to go home two hours earlier.