Woman Work
(Maya Angelou.)
I’ve got the children to tend
The clothes to mend
The floor to mop
The food to shop
Then the chicken to fry
The baby to dry
I got company to feed
The garden to weed
I've got shirts to press
The tots to dress
The cane to be cut
I gotta clean up this hut
Then see about the sick
And the cotton to pick.
Shine on me, sunshine
Rain on me, rain
Fall softly, dewdrops
And cool my brow again.
Storm, blow me from here with your fiercest wind
Let me float across the sky ‘til I can rest again, fall
gently, snowflakes,
Cover me with white cold icy kisses and let me rest
tonight.
Sun, rain, curving sky, mountain, oceans, leaf and
stone
You're all that I can call my own.
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In “Fall softly, dewdrops” and “Let me float across the sky ‘til I
can rest again, fall gently, snowflakes” the words GENTLY and
SOFTLY convey the concept of: