somebody almost walked off wid alla my stuff
not my poems or a dance
i gave up in the street
but somebody almost walked off wid alla my
stuff
like a kleptomaniac workin hard & forgettin while stealin
this
is mine/this aint yr stuff/
now why don’t you put me back & let me
hang out in my own self
somebody almost walked off wit alla my stuff
& didn’t care enuf
to send a note home sayin
i was late for my solo conversation
or two
sizes to small for my own tacky skirts
what can anybody do wit somethin of no value on
a open market/ did
you getta dime for my things/
hey man/ where are you goin wid alla my
stuff/
to ohh & ahh abt/ daddy/ i gotta mainline number
from my own
shit/ now wontcha put me back/ & let
me play this duet/ wit silver
ring in my nose/
honest to god/
somebody almost run off wit alla my stuff/
& i didnt bring
anythin but the kick & sway of it
the perfect ass for my man &
none of it is theirs
this is mine/ ntozake ‘her own things’/ that’s my
name
now give me my stuff/ i see ya hidin my laugh/ & how i
s it
wif my legs open sometimes/ to give me
some sunlight/ & there goes
my love my toes my chewed
up finger nails/ niggah/ wif the curls in yr
hair/
mr. louisiana hot link/
i want my stuff back/
my rhytums & my voice/ open my mouth/ &
let me talk ya
outta/ throwin my shit in the sewar/ this is some
delicate
leg & whimsical kiss/ i gotta have to give to my
choice/
without you runnin off wit alla my shit/
now you cant have me
less i give me away/ & i waz
doin all that/ til ya run off on a good
thing/
who is this you left me wit/ some simple bitch
widda bad attitude/ i
wants my things/
i want my arm wit the hot iron scar/ & my leg wit
the
flea bite/ i want my calloused feet & quik language back
in my
mouth/ fried plantains/ pineapple pear juice/
sun-ra & joseph &
jules/ i want my own things/ how i lived them/
& give me my
memories/ how i waz when i waz there/
you cant have them or do nothin
wit them/
stealin my shit from me/ dont make it yrs/ makes it stolen/
somebody
almost run off wit alla my stuff/ & i waz standin
there/ lookin at
myself/ the whole time
& it waznt a spirit took my stuff/ waz a man
whose
ego walked round like Rodan’s shadow/ waz a man faster
n my
innocence/
waz a lover/ i made too much
room for/ almost run off wit alla my
stuff/
& i didnt know i’d give it up so quik/ & the one runnin
wit it/
don’t know he got it/ & i’m shoutin this is mine/ & he
dont
know he got it/ my stuff is the anonymous ripped off treasure
of
the year/
did you know somebody almost got away wit me/
me in a plastic bag
under their arm/ me
danglin on a string of personal carelessness/ i’m
spattered wit
mud & city rain/ & no i didnt get a chance to
take a douche/
hey man/ this is not your perogative/ i gotta have me in
my
pocket/ to get round like a good woman shd/ & make the poem
in
the pot or the chicken in the dance/
what i got to do/
i gotta get my stuff to do it to/
why dont ya find
yr own things/ & leave this package
of me for my destiny/ what ya
got to get from me/
i’ll give it to ya/ yeh/ i’ll give it to
ya/
round
5:00 in the winter/ when the sky is blue-red/
& Dew City is gettin
pressed/ if it’s really my stuff/
ya gotta give it to me/ if ya really
want it/ i’m
the only one/ can handle it
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