A Poem about Freedom
Don't Put Me in a Box
Don’t put me in a box
And I won’t do that to you.
My identity is too large to choose
one number between ten and two.
Don’t put me in a box
Of this or that, false or true
There are many parts in me
Each day I’m old, fresh, small and new.
Venette Cook
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