Rhetorically Speaking


Am I a ho
Because I love Black men
Because I love to love them
Whether I have one to 50
Is it a bad thing
If I've loved them wholly
In a certain space and time
Am I a ho
Because my hips move
With the rhythm
That rocks the worlds
Changes grown men
Into sleeping babies
Let me know
So that I'll point the next brotha
To a narrow-hipped, stiff walkin'
Asian or white woman
I have a hard time accepting the label
Because I choose my lovers carefully
Brothas needing love
A few with the rare ability
To love me
Sometimes I choose not to choose at all
Tell me
Am I a ho
Because I love myself and am free
To love others
I want to know
Why should I keep all this good pussy 
To myself


written by
NIKKIA BILLINGSLEY
[This poem was donated from D Knowledge's book
'Catch the Fire:
A Cross-Generational Anthology of
African American Poetry
(Riverhead Books)
D Knowledge has appeared in the movie Higher Learning and Panther.. He also has an album out on Qwest Records which is Quincy Jone's label

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