Lunch Time

An hour break for lunch:

includes waleking home

and back to school, in

the fourth grade.

Home, I eat grilled cheese.

The crust are cut off.

Drink my tall glass of milk.

Pudding for dessert.

Auntie, my great aunt

speaks in broken English.

She asks " 9 x 9 = ?"

81, I jump up!

"7 x 6 = ? ", I challenge her.

"42" she smiles and shoots back

"7 x 8 = ?",  ______at first I

almost blurted out "58."

I corrected myself,

"56!"  exclaimed in victory.

Auntie pats my head

and kisses goodbye.