when all the cards are in
when all the chips are counted
the smiles smiled
the pictures taken
i wonder
if they’ll say
you played fair
game
of game?
—Nikki Giovanni, The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni 1968-1998, Harper Perennial, 2007
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We are not lovers
because of the love
we make
but the love
we have
We are not friends
because of the laughs
we spend
but the tears
we save
I don’t want to be near you
for the thoughts we share
but the words we never have
to speak
I will never miss you
because of what we do
but what we are
together
—Nikki Giovanni