Is Girl By Jamaica Kincaid a short story or a poem and why?

According to
it is a short story.  I think it tries to avoid classification.  Many critics call
"" prose poetry or a lyrical
vignette.

Prose poem:

Work in prose that has some of the technical or literary qualities of poetry (such as
regular rhythm, definitely patterned structure, or emotional or imaginative heightening) but
that is set on a page as prose.

Lyrical
Vignette:

the expression of the writer's emotions in an
imaginative and beautiful way in a brief evocative...