My best friend
is a high-siddity,
sophisticated,
grown-up woman,
hiding skateboard-skidded knees
under her fashionable skirts.

I know because I was there.

Your mom's mac & cheese
My mom's curry chicken
Church at the Johnson's
Upsouth in Queens, New York

My double-dutching,
doll-playing,
doll-playing,
ice skating,
kango-krewin' bloodsister

I was there.

God sent you a gift in this man you have become part of,
adding an "s" to the friend in my best...

Noah's pair,
teaching me, giving me no choice
but to believe in love again
as the evidence stands before me.

(Sherwin, here's a secret, I was always rooting for you.)

My sister andbrother, your beautiful black love beckons sunshine...

Ginger, I am honored to give you to your new best friend.