Watch and listen to this spoken word poem by the poet Rives. (Use the link above to get to the YouTube video.)
1. What is your reaction to this poem?
2. Does Rives use any figurative language or poetic devices in his poem?
3. How would you characterize the boy in the poem?
4. Rives said the boy levitated. Is this to be taken literally or figuratively? If figuratively, then what might it really mean to "levitate"?
5. What do you think Rives wants us to take away from this poem (or story)?
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