Momma Welfare Roll | Poem by Maya Angelou
Momma Welfare Roll Poem ………………. by Maya Angelou _______________________________________________________________________________________ Her arms semaphore fat triangles,Pudgy HANDS bunched on layered hipsWhere bones idle under years of fatbackAnd lima beans. Her jowls shiver in accusationOf crimes cliched by Repetition. Her children, strangersTo childhood’s TOYS, playBest the games of darkened doorways,Rooftop tag, and know the slick feel ofOther people’s property. … Read more…