Nikki Giovanni: Duets

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'm 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
Disapppointed