Front Poem by Lexi Balla

Wake up in the morning.
Put on your front for the day.
Baggiest shorts you can find-
have to come at least
to your shins.
then pull them halfway down
your skinny butt.
WifeBeater
gotta show off the arms.
Silver chain
dangling from your neck.
unlace your sneaks.
put on your hata-blockas
Turn up your rap music so
the world knows that you listen
to Luda, Fity, and Chingy.
check yo' self in the mirror.
and see the same thing.
Get ready for the day
that all of them hatas
will come for you.
Gotta be strong.
Gotta be tough.
If you break
Then all of us break.