You haven't met her
yet
but she has things planned
now.
You never think of what
your living room will
look like,
but she has.
The way the toilet paper rolls?
She knows.
That sweet young thing
you marry, after the vows,
will assert ideas
you never heard
before.
And that ever pleasant
disposition is just
a mask.
She knows how to use words
like bullets.
You'll know you lost
the battle when
she gets you to pee....
sitting down.
Dear readers, this is my third book of poems, and inside are a special collection of what have turned out to be not only MY personal favorites, but also the favorites of many of YOU. Some of these have never been available in print before...
Still Living on my Feet is the follow up to Tichaona Chinyelu’s first book, In the Whirlwind, which was rooted in a sense of hard-hitting revolutionary black love. However, in this sophomore effort, Tichaona brings the revolutionary essence from deep
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the battle when
she gets you to pee....
sitting down.
This rings a bell.....say no more!!
You'll know you lost
the battle when
she gets you to pee....
sitting down.
Love Tinka