I remember a dad saying all you need to do is keep the fridge well stocked at all times for teenagers! He'd keep a 24 hour fridge that was in itself an open house all hours. They grew up okay, so it could be part of a good plan.
But I guess teenagers like to sneak down to the kitchen even if they actually have permission to 'raid' the fridge! :-)
Ah, grackles, and teen boys, what a racket! :-)
*
someone kicks
a fridge full of things
shut again
Alan Summers
Publication Credit: Blithe Spirit 25.4 (November 2015)
From the haibun "The Beat Is Back" which is about a 'what if' Kerouac could come back to contemporary times. :-)
November 27th, 2019 at 9:10 am
.
grackles
the teen boys
raid the fridge
—JENNIFER HAMBRICK
I remember a dad saying all you need to do is keep the fridge well stocked at all times for teenagers! He'd keep a 24 hour fridge that was in itself an open house all hours. They grew up okay, so it could be part of a good plan.
But I guess teenagers like to sneak down to the kitchen even if they actually have permission to 'raid' the fridge! :-)
Ah, grackles, and teen boys, what a racket! :-)
*
someone kicks
a fridge full of things
shut again
Alan Summers
Publication Credit: Blithe Spirit 25.4 (November 2015)
From the haibun "The Beat Is Back" which is about a 'what if' Kerouac could come back to contemporary times. :-)
February 2nd, 2020 at 4:30 pm
A racket of grackles. Maybe a new collective noun!