Girls Can, Too!
By Lee Bennett Hopkins
From Make a Joyful Sound: Poems for Children by African-American Poets
Tony said: “Boys are better!
They can…
Whack a ball
Ride a bike with one hand
Leap off a wall.”
I just listened
And when he was through,
I laughed and said:
“Oh Yeah! Well, girls can, too!”
Then I leaped off the wall,
And rode away
With his 200 baseball cards
I won that day.
