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