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The Black Kid

Makai Parker 2008

To be the black kid
facing rude comments in class
being stared at during the slavery unit
and being asked 'can i touch your hair'
feeling different and like you don't fit in
being called slurs
the n word haunts you and the children taunt you
to be the black kid

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What it feels like being the only black kid in an all white school.

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Written on November 18, 2022

Submitted by parkercass71 on November 18, 2022

Modified by parkercass71 on November 18, 2022

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Scheme AbcdefgA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 262
Words 51
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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