Tuesdays with Nikki (#2)

Welcome to the second installment of "Tuesdays with Nikki", the day/post I have set aside to honor the great poetess Nikki Giovanni. Today I give you one of Nikki's poems that reminds me how being in love can change your whole attitude. Enjoy!

Duets

by Nikki Giovanni

copyright 2009

I don't do duets

Even as a kid I didn't like

sharing

I would just as soon

let you have it

than cut it in half

I sing solo

Because I am not good

with harmony

I remember my sister

wanting to borrow some thing

a sweater

skirt, blouse

whatever

She could have it

My tennis shoes

had holes in them

kept together

by safety pins

I made it cool

to be poor

In another age

I would have been a vegan

I don't play doubles

in tennis

Don't bowl with a league

If I was a fat lady

I alone would sing

at the end

And listen

If you don't

come home

soon

I'll be

very

disappointed