7456. AND SO I'M

AND SO I'M

Watching the black girls talk, as they do,

so willingly one to another. I and myself 

and my wonder. Three by three they 

mathematically describe a place and a

situation : little brick houses in Rahway,

and probably a dollar an apple. I was poor,

but they've got better clothes. I was one

and single, but three by three they go.