Bullet-proof Backpack
Bullet-proof backpack
lonely in its cubby,
its six-year-old owner
gone minutes after
her presence was recorded.
And you ask me why
my metaphors begin
to shrivel.
Nikki Grimes is an award-winning, bestselling author of children’s and young adult books as well as a poet and journalist. She began writing at age six and was mentored by James Baldwin. She has published 75 books and counting.
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