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A review by kaylagoggin
Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day by Nikki Giovanni
4.0
poems for falling out of love with yourself, for confronting disappointment without self pity, for living in 2020 loneliness by way of the 1970s.
They have asked
the psychiatrists psychologists politicians and
social workers
What this decade will be
known for
There is no doubt it is
loneliness
If loneliness were a grape
the wine would be vintage
If it were a wood
the furniture would be mahogany
But since it is life it is
Cotton candy
on a rainy day
The sweet soft essence
of possibility
Never quite maturing
They have asked
the psychiatrists psychologists politicians and
social workers
What this decade will be
known for
There is no doubt it is
loneliness
If loneliness were a grape
the wine would be vintage
If it were a wood
the furniture would be mahogany
But since it is life it is
Cotton candy
on a rainy day
The sweet soft essence
of possibility
Never quite maturing