The following text differs from the one in your text book, but may be found at several sites on the Web and probably is closer to what the poet wrote.
    Nikki Giovanni
    kidnap poem
    ever been kidnapped
    by a poet
    if i were a poet
    i'd kidnap you
    put you in my phrases and meter
    you to jones beach
    or maybe coney island
    or maybe just to my house
    lyric you in lilacs
    dash you in the rain
    blend into the beach
    to complement my see
    play the lyre for you
    ode you with my love song
    anything to win you
    wrap you in the red Black green
    show you off to mama
    yeah if i were a poet i'd kid
    nap you

     
     

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