Mr. Africa Poetry Lounge!
never mind sister
never mind sister
dont pay him no mind
go go go go go go sister
do yr thing
never mind
i usedta live in the world
really be in the world
free & sweet talkin
good mornin & thank-you & nice day
uh huh
i cant now
i cant be nice to nobody
nice is such a rip-off
reglar beauty & a smile in the street
is just a set-up
i usedta be in the world
a woman in the world
i hadda right to the world
then i moved to harlem
for the set-up
a universe
six blocks of cruelty
piled up on itself
a tunnel
closin
Written by Ntozake Shange (1914-2018)
<----> SEND THIS POEM TO A FRIEND! <---->