To pick up my son's report card
I had to fill out a form
it asked the usual questions
and one that did not quite conform

at the bottom of the page
was a question that made me enraged
what is his race? it asked
I wondered
will all of the studens now be typecast?

I thought this was illegal
immoral, unethical too
so I stared, befuddled...at the page
not knowing what to do

for the answer to this question
they offered five suggestions
Latino, Black or Asian
Hispanic or Caucasion

none exactly matched
but I found a little catch
below the immoral, illegal line
was one that might fit just fine

it said..."other, please explain"
and so, I racked my brain

on his Dad's side, pure New England
Welch, German, American Indian
and many from New Finland

but my family offered more complications
from all of the relations
ancestors from so many nations

Hebrew, Russian, Turkish, Czech
Polish, German, maybe even Chinese
oh heck!

I thought I might write, "multicultural"
but I realized that wasn't a race
and so I recalled his childhood pics
and the expression on his innocent face

that adorable imp with big bright eyes
how dare they try to categorize
but something, on that line...I must write
or the report card would never grace my sight

and so, recalling that cute little moppet
I took my pen out of my pocket
and on that line...
I wrote the word "Hobbit"