Phenomenal Woman (an excerpt)
		--Dr. Maya Angelou

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model"s size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms,
The span of my hips,
The stride in my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.


Recovery

                                      A Last love,
                                  proper in conclusion,
                                  should snip the wings
                                forbidding further flight.
                                      But I, now,
                                 reft of that confusion,
                                      am lifted up
                              and speeding toward the light.




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