I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, and it is possible, if you stand tippy-toe, to walk between th?

"[Note: The reference to the Dells in line 47 is to "Love is so simple"

a 1968 song from their album 'There is'. According to Giovanni, the

rhythm of this poem is the rhythm of the song.]

All right, if we have to give in to the Valentine spirit and get all

teary-eyed and maudlin about love, we might as well do it properly.

What I've always loved about Giovanni is her attitude - the deceptive

simplicity of her lines, the tone not only conversational but intimate

- so that reading her is like hearing yourself talk to a friend.

This is a superb example of that. It's not that the lines here are polished

to perfection, it's precisely that they wouldn't be if someone were really

saying this out loud, and what they lack in finesse they more than make up

in energy, in momentum, in sheer street-smartness. And then of course, just

when you're beginning to run out enthusiasm, there's that one beautiful

little line (because only my love for you / despite the charms of gravity /

keep me from falling off the Earth) that keeps you going.

The other thing I like about this poem is the way Giovanni both expresses

the absoluteness of her love and (refusing to laud it for more than it is)

laughs at herself for it. Love is not a magical communion of souls here; it

is a bad habit that you can't get out of, a necessity, something you're too

used to to even question, much less give up. It is a love that gives you

both intense joy and honest suffering, it is deeply flawed and therefore

deeply personal. And this is not, in Giovanni, a cynical point of view, it

is a warm and real one.

If there's such a thing as being helplessly in love, this is it!"

Nikki Giovanni Resignation

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