FOR A STUDENT

30thJun. × ’14

Who dreams in Nike commercials
and asked me to write him a poem

Whose smile reminds me of Lebron James
and slam dunks classroom doorframes

Who in one year alone has gone
from little boy to built
still sorting out how people react to him

He would like for this poem to rhyme
but it is not that simple
or I am simply too dense
to code switch that fast

He passed me a post-it once
“Can I go to
the bathroom to
cool down of
my father and I
don’t want to
cry in class
Please”

My file cabinet of his meltdowns
rolodex my afternoon runs
mom is mad at us
mad at him

How can we lift him up

pass him the assist
to more
than slam dunk?

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