“Girl, I always get involved
With them cheatin’ mens
They be tellin’ so many lies
That they wouldn’t know truth
If she was stalkin’ the streets
With a shotgun, ready to pop
I’m cool…
It ain’t happenin’ no more.”
“Naw, you tell ‘im
I’m not gonna call you
I’m not gonna bother you
I’m gonna hold my tongue
For a man who wants to
Feel the warmth of my mouth
On his neck
A man who won’t be lookin’
Left or right
‘Cuz there’s only one way
To my heart.”
“Yea, you right–
He ain’t man enough for
A woman like me
I’m a feisty woman
A very independant female
I ain’t gonna wait on no man
Stop hollerin’
I’m pullin’ up weeds
Can you handle me?”
– Lynn Mari, ⓒ 2008.
Found Poetry is poetry made out of things not meant to be poetry (recipes, conversations, articles, etc). “Sista to Sista” is a poem taken from a conversation, grin, literally sista to sista! This is also based on “Lies and Other Tall Tales” by Zora Neale Hurston, a book that recaptures the folk tradition of telling lies as a form of story telling.
