That's why

He asked me to write a poem about racism and I thought that that was just so typical of a black person

I am black
He is white

Just for today
Because we wanted to be
It would be cool
Deep

Sometimes we wonder if
We can be them
We don't want to be
But we do
Sometimes
Like today

So I did what he asked
Not because he's black
Because I wanted to
Because he wanted to

That's why

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Alex Schorr