Momma Welfare Roll By: Maya Angelou Her arms semaphore fat triangles, Pudgy hands bunched on layered hips Where bones idle under years of fatback And lima beans. Her jowls shiver in accusation Of crimes clichéd by Repetition. Her children, strangers To childhood's toys, play Best the games of darkened doorways, Rooftop tag, and know the slick feel of Other people's property. Too fat to whore, Too mad to work, Searches her dreams for the Lucky sign and walks bare-handed Into a den of bereaucrats for Her portion. 'They don't give me welfare. I take it.'

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Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Now no-body in the UK go taken offence. This brown sister is one of the all-time icons of American poetry and life for her ain't been no crystal stair.