Sestina Day 77: Grill

My wife requested a sestina where all the keywords were the same word. She suggested “grill”. I can only assume as a form of subliminal messaging regarding a certain long-standing disagreement of ours.

Voila.

My wife is always right up in my grill
Because she wants to buy a propane grill
(she doesn’t like our normal, charcoal grill)
And stand outside on summer nights and grill
Hamburgers. She could simply use the grille
On some old car, I tell her as I grill

Her. Which expensive propane grill
D’you have in mind? Why don’t you want to grill
On charcoal? Or just shove things on the grill
Inside? What’s great about a propane grill?
She says why are you right up in my grill
About this? It’s much healthier to grill

Than roast or fry, and I would like to grill
Nice dinners on our outdoor propane grill.
What’s wrong with that? It’s better than a grill
That takes an hour to heat. A charcoal grill
Is dirty, risky. I don’t need a grill
That could set us a light. You cannot grill,

Unless you’ve got all night, on such a grill.
There’s something nice about a charcoal grill
The food won’t taste of petrol, and the grill
Looks great, with orange flames. Your propane grill
Is clinical and boring. You can grill
In twenty minutes, but why would you grill

On propane? What’s the point? I hate to grill
you on this, but to buy a propane grill
Just seems insane. Why would you want a grill
Just like the one we have inside? Our grill
Is fine. We do not need another grill
And if you want to stand outside and grill,

We have a barbecue! A charcoal grill!
It’s silly, like a cake with “it a gril”
Emblazoned on the top, to buy a grill
Which is just like our indoor, kitchen grill
But put it outside. If you want to grill
Just come inside, or use the charcoal grill.

You want a grill. I do not want a grill.
I grill you, but You’re all up in my grill.
Why buy a grill? We’ve got a bloody grill!