Two Friends By Nikki Giovanni Lydia and Shirley have two pierced ...

<strong>Two</strong> <strong>Friends</strong><br />

<strong>By</strong> <strong>Nikki</strong> <strong>Giovanni</strong><br />

<strong>Lydia</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Shirley</strong> <strong>have</strong><br />

<strong>two</strong> <strong>pierced</strong> ears <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>two</strong> bare one<br />

five pigtails<br />

<strong>two</strong> pairs of sneakers<br />

<strong>two</strong> berets<br />

<strong>two</strong> smilies<br />

one necklace<br />

one braclet<br />

lots of stripes <strong>and</strong><br />

one good friendship.

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Poem<br />

<strong>By</strong> Langston Hughes<br />

I loved my friend.<br />

He went away from me.<br />

There’s nothing more to say.<br />

The poem ends,<br />

Soft as it began-<br />

I loved my friend.