Choose: Life's Labels

Choose.
Which one is “good”? Which one is “bad”?
This one. That one.

Choose.
Which do you like? Which do “they” like?
This one. This one.

Choose.
Which don’t “they” like? Which do you want?
That one. This one.

Choose.
Which one is “ugly”? Which one is “bad”?
That one. That one.

Why?
Why is this “good”?
Why is that “bad”?

Why?
I don’t know.

Now.

Which one is you?

This poem is about:

My country

Poetry Terms Demonstrated:

Repetition

Comments

mawalz21

6 years ago

This poem was inspired by a study that we talked about in my anthropology class. It was about stereotypes and how we learn them when we are young. Children were shown dolls with different skin colors and asked the questions that appear in the poem.

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