(for Nina Simone)

take a note and spin it around spin it around don’t
prick your finger
take a note and spin it around
on the Black loom on the Black loom
careful baby
don’t prick your finger

take the air and weave the sky
around the Black loom around the Black loom
make the sky sing a Black song sing a blue song
sing my song make the sky sing a Black song
from the Black loom from the Black loom
careful baby
don’t prick your finger 

take the genie and put her in a jar
put her in a jar
wrap the sky around her
take the genie and put her in a jar
wrap the sky around her
listen to her sing
sing a Black song our Black song
from the Black loom
singing to me
from the Black loom
careful baby
don’t prick your finger


 = Joan Grant