This is a vignette I wrote in the style of Sandra Cisneros' "The House On Mango Street". It is based on a memory of a true event from when I was little.
[From Wikipedia]
The House on Mango Street is a 1984 novel by Mexican-American author Sandra Cisneros. Structured as a series of vignettes, it tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, a 12-year-old Chicana girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago.