“Write about a relationship you have, or had, with someone of a different race or class – a childhood friend, a lover, a coworker. Focus on a particular time when you were uncomfortable about your differences. Now think about a time when you found those differences enlightening or enlarging in some way. The poem might be about either of those times – or both of them.”
He jokes
About Being Black
and Stereotypes
And then I am aware
of rich, dark skin
Wiry hair
I am aware
That we come from two worlds
Yet I love him
If we have a future
together
We will adopt
Chinese babies
And continue
the joke
about race
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I Will Try This at Home 