Yoko From Tokyo

• Kareena Ghosh, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2021

Every student ran scared of me, I was the strongest boy in school,
They did my homework, massaged my neck, and told me that I was so cool,
Then a new pretty girl called Yoko joined the middle school,
She moved from Tokyo and made all the boys drool,
I sent my assistant to teach her the “Golden Rule,”
She needed to bring me Japanese sushi as per the new schedule,
The next day at recess, I tried to snatch her lunch,
She smiled, clenched her fist and threw a mighty punch,
She jumped and snap kicked my leg with a scary twist,
Never did I expect her spontaneous and calculated fist,
She picked me up and dropped me in the middle of the pool,
She told me that I was a rude and thoughtless young fool,
I was sorry that I brawled with a pro,
I wished someone had warned me that she had a black belt in Judo.