You are too dark, br you have a lisp, br your stomach is bulging, br they said.. br Thank God for this angel, br she didn't let negativity settle in my head, br Although I am a man, br I never thought the day would come when I would see, br myself not as a failure but phenomenally, br Ms. Angelou was a single mother, br the struggle was difficult I know it, br but she still found time to become America's favorite poet, br her words were like animals running free on a meadow, br never ending like rejection by the world while living in a ghetto, br who ever thought a black woman from Missouri could recite a poem at the inauguration, br Ms.