It wasn't a Tuesday. It was a Friday. And I was with Nikki. Standing in her presence. Grinning from ear to ear. Before sharing a piece of her poetry, I want to share with you some of her words to live by...
Nikki G isms
#1: What I can't change I don't have to pretend is right.
#2: All writers live in our heads. We are unfit to be around people.
#3 The answer is always "yes".
And now, here is a piece by one of the masters. Enjoy!
Being and Nothingness
(to quote a philosopher)
By Nikki Giovanni
copyright 1978
i haven't done anything
meaningful in so long
it is almost meaningful
to do nothing
i suppose i could fall in love
or at least in line
since i'm so discontented
but that takes effort
and i don't want to exert anything
neither my energy nor my emotions
i've always prided myself
on being a child of the sixties
and we are all finished
so that makes being
nothing
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