Hybrid Literature
"Chocolate Milk"
By Jennifer Lubin
By Jennifer Lubin
*1985*
Daddy, why they say this little girl gone missin’?
What little girl?
This one right here on the milk carton.
Because someone done snatched her.
Why they snatched her?
Don’t know. Prob’ly ‘cause somebody bad gon’ do something bad to her.
And now they looking for her?
Yes.
On this milk carton?
Yes.
Are they gonna’ find her?
I don’t know. Hope so.
Does she drink milk?
Prob’ly so.
Is someone gonna snatch me, Daddy?
You ain’t gon’ have to worry ‘bout that.
How come?
Because I ain’t gon’ let nobody snatch you.
Daddy?
Yes?
If I get snatched, will they put my picture on a milk carton?
You ain’t gotta worry ‘bout that, neither.
How come?
Because you black. Ain’t nobody gon’ come looking for you if you get snatched, ‘cept me and yo Mamma.
Will you find me if I get snatched, Daddy?
You gotdamned right I’m gon’ find you. But you ain’t gon’ get snatched. Now finish your milk and buckle your seat belt, Baby Girl.
We gotta get you to school.
Yes, Daddy.
Daddy, why they say this little girl gone missin’?
What little girl?
This one right here on the milk carton.
Because someone done snatched her.
Why they snatched her?
Don’t know. Prob’ly ‘cause somebody bad gon’ do something bad to her.
And now they looking for her?
Yes.
On this milk carton?
Yes.
Are they gonna’ find her?
I don’t know. Hope so.
Does she drink milk?
Prob’ly so.
Is someone gonna snatch me, Daddy?
You ain’t gon’ have to worry ‘bout that.
How come?
Because I ain’t gon’ let nobody snatch you.
Daddy?
Yes?
If I get snatched, will they put my picture on a milk carton?
You ain’t gotta worry ‘bout that, neither.
How come?
Because you black. Ain’t nobody gon’ come looking for you if you get snatched, ‘cept me and yo Mamma.
Will you find me if I get snatched, Daddy?
You gotdamned right I’m gon’ find you. But you ain’t gon’ get snatched. Now finish your milk and buckle your seat belt, Baby Girl.
We gotta get you to school.
Yes, Daddy.
