Van Hall, Bonnie

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AmaranthusVolume 1990 | Issue 1 Article 71-30-2013A Box of RaisinsBonnie Van HallGrand Valley State UniversityFollow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/amaranthusThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@GVSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Amaranthus by an authorizedadministrator of ScholarWorks@GVSU. For more information, please contact scholarworks@gvsu.edu.Recommended CitationVan Hall, Bonnie (1990) "A Box of Raisins," Amaranthus: Vol. 1990: Iss. 1, Article 7.Available at: http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/amaranthus/vol1990/iss1/712 IA [8©x ©~ [Rat~~i~~ qJonnk o/~n!Jfo.lt I enter the dimly lit hallway and blink sunlight from my eyes; sparks, remnant sunshowers splash and fall blackened embers, like raisins on the floor to be swept up by the janitor at midnight. Here comes Enid down the hall one step per minute trembling on slippered feet. her eyes like shriveled grapes complete with skin; she smiles. and I see she forgot her teeth again. Sun-flash burns through window-pain, a living flame creeps down myriad corridors where lingering groups of gray-hairs mumble, crinkleskin cool in wheelchairs whispering wheezing words, and the stench of urine everywhere. I remember: When I was a child a box of raisins in my lunchbOl ignored for days forgotten wedged beneath my Snoopy t where they withered, whined, alone like a house full of souls croaking, crumpled, sun-less souls; A box of raisins. 13 When I was a child a box of raisins in my lunchbox ignored for days forgotten wedged beneath my Snoopy thermos where they withered, whined. alone like a house full of souls croaking, crumpled, sun-less souls; A box of raisins. lall s low-pain, y-hairs IIIhere. 

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