• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Scribe

Literary genius. Academic prowess

  • In the Press
  • Student Articles
  • Editor Blogs
    • An Introduction to Flight
    • Beauty in Stem
    • Style and Self
    • Cosmetics and Society
  • About
    • Alumni
    • Staff
  • Contact

Raisins

March 6, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

By Monica Kreindel

When I was young I could give my grapes to anyone, and anyone could take. Four for my preschool teacher, two for each friend in my class. Ten for my stuffed tiger, fifty for my mother. And everybody wanted one.

Soon the grapes started to ripen: no longer small, young, green grapes. Those, anyone could have; but these were new, brightly colored, and I had less. Now one for a best friend, two for the first boy I loved. I gave two, he took nine.

Everyone’s grapes change. Into Reisling grapes or Cabernet Sauvignon. Champagne grapes or mold. They were never too close to the sun or simply a plain red grape.

There are Reislings sweet as white wines, and Champagne grapes at every party. No one could get enough. Eaten everywhere, taken everywhere, loved everywhere.

The jelly and fresh grapes were common, but not decadent. Well-known and well-liked, fresh grapes always had oranges, apples, carrots. Jelly grapes will always have bread, peanut butter, and toast. Unless they mold, of course they’ll be eaten.

Instead, I grew withered, small, and dry. Thrown away uneaten in lunches, packed together, trapped in a box. Wholesome, healthful, even decent in oatmeal.

It’s so easy for people to drink wine, make a jelly sandwich, enjoy fresh grapes, and sip champagne.

I want someone to eat my raisins.

About the Author


Avatar photo

admin

View all posts

Filed Under: Creative Tagged With: fruit, growing up, poetry

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Recent Posts

  • Tariffs in the Beauty Industry: What Does this Mean for the Average Consumer?
    Uche Moghalu
    May 18, 2025
  • Love in a Dress
    Ashley Chan
    May 18, 2025
  • Retinol: The Industry’s Holy Grail, But Does it Come at a Price?
    Uche Moghalu
    May 18, 2025
  • Peptides: One of Skincare’s Hidden Gems? 
    Uche Moghalu
    April 28, 2025
  • The Thrill of the Hunt: Flea Market Finds and the Risks You Don’t See Coming
    Ashley Chan
    April 28, 2025
  • Korean Beauty: How Beauty Can be Used as Soft Power
    Uche Moghalu
    April 28, 2025
  • Another Break from Engineering: The Impact of WWI on American Foreign Policy
    Oliver Khan
    April 21, 2025
  • Dressed to Disturb: A Haunted History of Halloween Costumes
    Ashley Chan
    April 21, 2025

Copyright © 2025 · Scribe on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in