Homage to My Hips

these hips are big hips
they need space to move around in
they don't fit into little petty places
these hips are free hips
they don't like to be held back
these hips have never been enslaved
they go where they want to go
they do what they want to do
these hips are mighty hips
these hips are magic hips
I have known them to put a spell on a man
and spin him like a top

Lucille Clifton