Resignation by Nikki Giovanni

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Resignation by Nikki Giovanni

Monday, June 25th, 2007

(This is the complete version of my Welcome Note. It's one of my favorite poems by Nikki Giovanni…cuz shempre, reminds me of my OGL.)

I love you because the Earth turns round the sun
because the North wind blows north sometimes,
because the Pope is Catholic and most Rabbis are Jewish

because winters flow into spring and the air clears after a storm
because only my love for you despite the charms of gravity
keeps me from falling off the Earth into another dimension
I love you because it is the natural order of things
I love you like the habit I picked up in college
of sleeping through lectures or saying I'm sorry
when I get stopped for speeding
because I drink a glass of water in the morning
and chain-smoke cigarettes all through the day
because I take my coffee Black and my milk with chocolate
because you keep my feet warm though my life's a mess
I love you because I don't want it any other way
I am helplessly in love for you
It makes me so happy to hear you call my name
I am amazed you can resist locking me in an echo chamber
where your voice reverberates through the four walls
sending me into spasmatic ecstasy
I love you because it's been so good for so long
that if I didn't love you I'd have to be born again
and that is not a theological statement

I am pitiful in my love for you
The Dells tell me Love is so simple
though the thought of you sends indescribably delicious multitudinous thrills throughout and through-in my body
I love you because no two snowflakes are alike
and it is possible if you stand tippy-toe to walk between the raindrops
I love you because I am afraid of the dark and can't sleep in the light
because I rub my eyes when I wake up in the morning and find you there
because you, with all your magic powers, were determined that I should love you
because there was nothing for you but that I would love you
I love you because you made me want to love you more than I love my privacy,
my freedom, my commitments and responsibilities
I love you `cause I changed my life to love you
because you saw me one friday afternoon and decided that I would love you
I love you I love you I love you

By: Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni

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