Huckleberry Finn had my childhood
I was and still am scared of water over my head
Huckleberry Finn was the original James Dean
The original rebel
Huckleberry Finn rolled with people of color
Huck was hip
Tom sawyer was a conformist
Huck was my vicarious
Virtual
Literal
Brother
Metaphorically speaking
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Hollywood Interview
The
First Time I
Went
To A Casting Agency
They
Asked Me To Fill Out
A Form
Under
Race
I Checked African-American
The Lady
Told Me
To Check Mixed
Mixed
People
Get
More
Work
Than
African-Americans
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Middlepoet is the former Poet Laureate of Jersey City, NJ, where he worked under the pen name middlepoet. He is a two time recipient of grants from the Puffin Foundation and a semi-finalist for a UCLA/Pen Fellowship. He currently lives in New Jersey where he is working on a collection of poems entitled The Book of Middle.
Hollywood Interview
The
First Time I
Went
To A Casting Agency
They
Asked Me To Fill Out
A Form
Under
Race
I Checked African-American
The Lady
Told Me
To Check Mixed
Mixed
People
Get
More
Work
Than
African-Americans
-------
Middlepoet is the former Poet Laureate of Jersey City, NJ, where he worked under the pen name middlepoet. He is a two time recipient of grants from the Puffin Foundation and a semi-finalist for a UCLA/Pen Fellowship. He currently lives in New Jersey where he is working on a collection of poems entitled The Book of Middle.
