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Maya Angelou - Momma Welfare Roll

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.' 

Added: on May 14th, 2005 at 9:52 PM | Viewed: 10438 times | Comments and analysis of Momma Welfare Roll by Maya Angelou Comments (4)


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Poet: Maya Angelou
Poem: Momma Welfare Roll

Comment 4 of 4, added on November 14th, 2005 at 12:07 PM.

Hello i will like to say to maya that all of your poem sounds really nice! and that's it have given me to write about my felling, and the stuff i have been went through. thank you Maya you are my roll midle. we rises!

Kim Hamilton from United States
Comment 3 of 4, added on July 7th, 2005 at 12:54 PM.

re: poem Momma Welfare Roll

maribel oliver from United States
Comment 2 of 4, added on May 14th, 2005 at 9:52 PM.

this is a very nice piece and it was my first time reading it. i love Maya Angelou

ishmaelah from United States

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