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I’m 34 years old, female, from the United States. I’ve been a DailyLit member since February 20, 2009. My reading interests include Classics.
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Etc. - Question of the Week #19: Favorite Poems
CHOICES, by Nikki Giovanni
if i can't do what i want to do
then my job is to not do what i don't want to do
it's not the same thing
but it's the best i can do
if i can't have what i want . . . then my job is to want what i've got
and be satisfied that at least there is something more to want
since i can't go where i need to go . . . then i must . . .
go where the signs point through always
understanding parallel movement isn't lateral
when i can't express what i really feel
i practice feeling what i can express
and none of it is equal
i know but that's why mankind alone among the animals learns to cry