When I was little I was given a series of boxes to check.
Mark one and only one that applies.
White, Black, Asian, Mexican, and Other: please explain
There was only problem.
I was not just one box.
So I always check Other and wrote human.
At my young age I did not see pigment as a person
The two sides who fought a war,
Who owned eachother
Sat at my dinner table
And laughed.
My parent's marriage wasn't even legal
When they were babes in their mother's arms,
And I didn't have a check box.
Other: human,
Other: child,
Other: pretty,
Other: combo meal 5.99,
Other: beyond definitions.
Or maybe being both meant I could choose
Scholarship applications: black,
******* love diversity
Background check: white.
Check one and only one
And if you cannot find a way to fit into
The mold already created for you.
Too bad.
Because you have one box.
One box: Female
One box: 18
One box: Mixed