Caren Krutsinger Poet Prose Poetry

Twelve and Kind-Hearted

He is twelve and kind-hearted. 
I agree to try another video game because I love him.
He keeps giving me glowing reviews.
“You are doing well, grandma!”
“You got a lot further than last time, grandma!”
Sometimes I know when my spaceship has crashed and burned.
Other times I keep pushing the kill button, thinking I am still in the game somewhere.
At one point he said, “Grandma, you can stop pushing the buttons now.”
Telling me that I had already crashed and burned.

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Andrea Dietrich August 4, 2019 at 7:55 PM hahaha, you sound like me!! we have so much in common. Love this one. Caren Krutsinger August 5, 2019 at 5:12 AM I do try, because I adore him, and he is ever so patient with me.

Andrea Dietrich August 4, 2019 at 7:55 PM fave! Caren Krutsinger August 5, 2019 at 5:13 AM He took an assessment test last year in 6th grade and it said he might love being a school counselor. It was his top occupational suggestion. I loved that!

Sandra Adams August 4, 2019 at 7:14 PM lol....i played video games with my children as they were growing up and could handle them back then, now they are too complicated for my aging eyes to follow....enjoyed this one and the laugh it gave me :) Caren Krutsinger August 5, 2019 at 5:14 AM I have the buttons and I do really try, but I keep forgetting in some games you run into the stars, and in other games you are supposed to avoid the stars. Crash and burn is my motto.