Illustration by Om Desai.
The New Boy in Class
There was a new boy in class today,
his name was Greg.
He wore a red hat and grinned a lot
and had a huge white brace on his leg.
He read poetry during science class,
did history instead of math.
He thought Jamie was a boy
and thus incurred her wrath.
When the final bell rang,
he hopped on the bus
where he sat eating his snack
without much of a fuss!
— Om Desai
A 6th grader at Greenbriar West, Om Desai wrote this ballad and illustrated it for Anita Mohan’s poetry workshop held at the Chantilly Regional Library.