English Class

you talk about poetry
like you know me
i mean, yeah it's been a while
and I never was one for writing
a ballad or sonnet
always just let the words flow
reaaaal low
and now they tell me it's free verse
and yeah, they get it,
they get these moods
but you and your
"rhyming scheme"
you and your
"structure."
you say that makes you a
"real poet."
what about me, homie?
these words, these emotions?
they're not poetry?
I never claimed to rap
never claimed to be black
but I ran this course long ago
was a poet in my soul
and it hasn't left me
you won't get the best of me.
so fuck you and your
"rules"
i still got my soul, my rhythm
MY poetry
don't talk about me
like you know me.