Spelling

Dictating spelling sentences during dinner prep,
Isaiah asked multiple times what the sentence was.

“Do you want to do a puzzle with me?”
I repeated for the seventh time in as many minutes,
A bit exasperated by the incredible duration
Of the writing of these few simple words.

He is often distractible, but this was extreme.

Reading over the sentences later, I came across this.
Cn xnt vzms sn cn sgir otyyk vzhs ld.

A simple code from a playful son, almost perfectly
Executed, using the prior letter to the one needed.

And I had been annoyed at the time it took,
When my son was simply
Injecting joy into a boring exercise.