Nikki Giovanni
Joy

In school today, we studied joy
“I had joy once,” I volunteered
“When everybody thought we were going to lose I hit a home run”
“How did it feel?” the teacher asked
I said “I had joy”
And he said “No, you didn't have joy, you feel it”
I am confused; I was very happy ’til he said I wasn’t
Teachers, I think, are funny