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Uh Oh Something Is Amiss

There is yelling and crying
Good.
There is screaming. 
A loud wail. Great!

Uh-oh.
Dead quiet.
I creep up, quietly
To spy on them

Knowing something is
Up. They are four, six, 
And eight, 

Only quiet when they
Are up to their most
Dastardly deeds.

10th grade11th grade12thlight verse

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Rhona Mcferran

March 8, 2019 at 7:35 PM

Love & FAV this!!! So perfectly summed up... ;D

Rhona Mcferran

March 9, 2019 at 1:29 AM

I know... I've missed you (and being here), too!!!

Caren Krutsinger

March 8, 2019 at 9:23 PM

Thank you my friend. GLAD to see you! I have missed you so!

Charles Messina

March 8, 2019 at 10:56 AM

Caren, I read your comment to victor. I believe in that motherly radar. LOL

Caren Krutsinger

March 8, 2019 at 4:49 PM

And the fatherly radar too if you are lucky enough to have them for the day, right Charles?

M. L. Kiser

March 8, 2019 at 10:52 AM

Ya gotta be a kid, when you're that age. Good one.

Caren Krutsinger

March 8, 2019 at 4:50 PM

One time I heard screaming and yelling above my head. I was talking to my daughter at the time. She stopped in the middle of the sentence and yelled "Don't make me come up there!" There was dead silence. We high-fived each other. I was so proud; she is the kind of mother I planned to raise. Neither of us took a step toward them.