Amir Safi Brown Boy. White House ( NPS 2013)

FULL TEXT BELOW For more of his work, like Amir on Facebook: Performing for Austin during semifinals at the 2013 National Poetry Slam. I once asked my father, If it was okay not go to daycare anymore. He smiled and asked, Why and I still have trouble giving him straight answers. So he watched one day as a group of white children pulled his son from the monkey bars. Screaming. I still have calluses on my hands. I still have a hard time letting things go.