16 April 2015 "Grilled Cheese"

The first time I had a

grilled cheese sandwich

I was about nine years old.

I was with my cousins

and it was summertime.

I still felt hungry

Because I had been running

outside and I

don’t like American cheese.

I remember wanting to ask for chips

but keeping quiet

because the only chips in sight

were grapes,

and even the baby didn’t want those.

After lunch, my cousins and I

ran back outside to play

and I ignored my grumbling stomach.

Being nine years old,

I was too young to justify why

a sandwich has never been a full meal for me.

Somewhere between nine and eighteen I realized

that I don’t like grilled cheese and

that my aunt has always been

the thinnest of the family.