staying up late

one time, my cousin and i
stayed up all night in our
grandmother's house.

we came out at 8am,
having conquered the dark.
we'd brushed our teeth and washed
our faces in order to stay awake.
when we told her what we'd done,
our grandmother made us march
right upstairs to bed, putting an end to all the
fun. sometime later she made us breakfast,
which we ate eagerly, claiming it as
payment for the difficult undertaking we'd taken
upon ourselves. to this day i am hard pressed
to think of something i'm more impressed with
that i've done.