I Am

by rgiralde

October 22, 2015

I Am

I am taking an annual poll for school,

And what do I see?

A list of boxes that don’t accurately categorize me.

Am I African-American?

Well not completely.

Am I Caucasian?

You wouldn’t say so when you see me.

I guess I should just check Multi-racial,

But not everyone who is mixed is mixed just like me.

For I am Puerto Rican,

Panamanian,

Barbadian,

Greek,

Italian,

Lebanese,

Armenian,

African,

And Taino-Indian.

Which box do I check for that?

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Comments (2)

DaPoet53Oct 22, 2015

<p>Where are you now? And why have you stopped creating magic? Where oh where has RGIRALDE gone oh where oh where can she be? God bless.  </p><h2 class="poet-name" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: FranklinGothicStd-ExtraCond, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; line-height: 30px; font-weight: normal; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">RGIRALDE</h2><h2 class="poet-name" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: FranklinGothicStd-ExtraCond, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; line-height: 30px; font-weight: normal; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">RGIRALD</h2>

DaPoet53Oct 22, 2015

<p>Lovely...❤️ all of the above. Just check human. Wonderful creative piece. What school? God bless.</p><p>Hearthrob</p><p>(DaPoet)</p><p>SCJjr</p>