Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes

Author:Nikki Grimes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin USA, Inc.

OPEN MIKE

BlacK Box

BY DEVON HOPE

In case I forgot to tell you,

I’m allergic to boxes:

Black boxes, shoe boxes

New boxes, You boxes—

Even cereal boxes

Boasting champions.

(It’s all a lie.

I’ve peeked inside

And what I found

Were flakes.)

Make no mistake,

I make no exceptions

For Cracker Jack

Or Christmas glitter.

Haven’t you noticed?

I’m made of skeleton,

Muscle and skin.

My body is the only box

I belong in.

But you like your boxes

So keep them.

Mark them geek, wimp, bully.

Mark them china doll, brainiac,

Or plain dumb jock.

Choose whatever

Box you like, Mike.

Just don’t put me

In one, son.

Believe me,

I won’t fit.

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