The Princess Chronicles

Ego Tripping

I was born in the congo
I walked to the fertile crescent and built
        the sphinx
I designed a pyramid so tough that a star
        that only glows every one hundred years falls
        into the center giving divine perfect light
I am bad

I sat on the throne
        drinking nectar with allah
I got hot and sent an ice age to europe
        to cool my thirst
My oldest daughter is nefertiti
        the tears from my birth pains
        created the nile
I am a beautiful woman

I gazed on the forest and burned
        out the sahara desert
        with a packet of goat’s meat
and a change of clothes
I crossed it in two hours
I am a gazelle so swift
         so swift you can’t catch me

         For a birthday present when he was three
I gave my son hannibal an elephant
         He gave me rome for mother’s day
My strength flows ever on

My son noah built new ark and
I stood proudly at the helm
         as we sailed on a soft summer day
I turned myself into myself and was
         jesus
         men intone my loving name
         All praises All praises
I am the one who would save

I sowed diamonds in my backyard
My bowels deliver uranium
         the filings from my fingernails are
         semi-precious jewels
         On a trip north
I caught a cold and blew
My nose giving oil to the arab world
I am so hip even my errors are correct
I sailed west to reach east and had to round off
          the earth as I went
          The hair from my head thinned and gold was laid
          across three continents

I am so perfect so divine so ethereal so surreal
I cannot be comprehended
          except by my permission

I mean … I … can fly
          like a bird in the sky…

—Nikki Giovanni

    ..:: mood inspired by chaka khan’s i’m every woman ::..

        imagine if filipinos start doing it the mexican way…

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