"[A] book of poetry that speaks about Okema Gunn's experiences growing up, her ponderances on life, and her reflections of 2020 and beyond"--Page 4 of cover

Chapter 1: Childhood. Watch the girl, twirl, and swirl ; Dig deep ; Some hard things ; Oh chi'ren, oh chile ; Accepted ; Runner runner ; The weeping willow and the oak ; Thumbsucker ; Grilled cheese and tomato soup for yesterday, today, and tomorrow ; Touched ; Teeth ; Nightlight ; Double dutch -- Chapter 2: Houses. The chocolate houses we build ; Tribute to the House of the King ; Where I lived ; The chocolate maid ; London chocolate houses ; Visions of chocolate houses ; Dollhouse ; Doghouse ; Mansions ; Movie houses ; Drive ins ; Lighthouse ; Black fire houses ; The color family ; The color of dreaming ; One-way street ; Crooked fence ; The trunk ; Flooded basement ; Shelter-in-place ; Half step away from homeless ; Thugs, rugs, and carpets ; When the circus comes to town -- Chapter 3: Culture and history. I'm braided and beaded ; Sizzlin' fry hair, sizzle curly girl pop ; Point of no return ; Empires fall ; The audience and the wolf ; Afrofuturism ; Black aunties ; Big belly, little belly ; Hunters and gatherers ; The Griot voices ; Gumbo ; Black-eyed peas ; Jazzin' time and the blues ; Finna ; One monkey don't stop no show ; Tryna make a dollar outta 15 cents ; You do too much ; A hard head makes a soft behind ; I'll give you somethin' to cry about ; I'll knock the taste outta your mouth ; 3 strikes and you're out ; I wasn't born yesterday ; After dark ; Ace boon coon ; The black greeks ; Clap back ; Baby Mama and Baby Daddy ; At the BBQ, not the picnic ; Barbershop ; Cocoa salons ; You ain't worth 2 dead flies ; Kwanzaa time ; Easter ; Holiday hissie fit ; Juneteenth mind ; Paper bags ; Tap shoes ; Black vinyl -- Chapter 4: Politics and money. Guns, games, and lollipops ; Blood and taxes ; Missing black girls ; How the cocoa bean relates to the vanilla bean ; Teacher with a handgun spells M-U-R-D-E-R ; Death of a jogger ; I can't breathe ; Black Mama Sable ; Black cop ; Breonna T. ; Black man's burden ; Black flies matter ; Stimulus check 2020 ; Word on the street is ; Smuggled chocolates ; Protestors, rioters, looters ; Put your ballot ; Pandemics and pandemonium ; Cages and boxes -- Chapter 5: Reflection and love. Wind turning pages ; When you go ; Selfish flower ; The best of us ; A man of debate ; Heartbreak ; The 7 year man ; Animal ; I am, we are ; Courageous ; Vision ; The billboard ; Looking for a black man unicorn ; Many a night with a man in shining armor ; Little girl you don't live here anymore ; Manchild manifesting ; Chocolate chile anthem