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[Clintonista2]

Still I Rise

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.


© Maya Angelou, 1978.

[Yes We Did]

1. See Ya.

[Name removed]

26. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Bonobo]

2. If you come back with the same username, don't expect much.

[juajen]

11. What's wrong with that username?

Really. Get a grip. It used to be a free country!

[Bonobo]

15. What's wrong is the creepy spam attack. Exactly what they accused the Obama people of doing.

Stinks of Hillary's tactics.

Do exactly what you accuse the other side of doing.

Figures.

[VinnieF]

29. Well, you've now been ignored, Hillarite.

I love threads like this. Great for finding and then ignoring you obnoxious Hillarhoids.

[anamandujano]

3. Whatever you're doing, have a good time. Lovely poem, thanks.

[anonymous171]

4. BTW that poem wasn't written for Hillary.

[anamandujano]

6. Share please.

[scheming daemons]

12. Poem was written in 1978... Maya Angelou didn't meet Hillary until a decade later.....

...but if it makes you feel better thinking that the poem was written for Hillary, please do so.

[tammywammy]

10. You're wrong it's for Hillary

[scheming daemons]

13. Nope.... Poem was written well before Maya ever met Hillary...

...

[tammywammy]

20. Alas, you're right

I spoke too soon and gave the benefit of doubt. It was written in 1978.

This is the Hillary poem:

State Package for Hillary Clinton

You may write me down in history

With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may tread me in the very dirt

But still, like dust, I'll rise.

This is not the first time you have seen Hillary Clinton seemingly at her wits' end, but she has always risen, always risen, don't forget she has always risen, much to the dismay of her adversaries and the delight of her friends.

Hillary Clinton will not give up on you and all she asks of you is that you do not give up on her.

There is a world of difference between being a woman and being an old female. If you're born a girl, grow up, and live long enough, you can become an old female. But to become a woman is a serious matter. A woman takes responsibility for the time she takes up and the space she occupies. Hillary Clinton is a woman. She has been there and done that and has still risen. She is in this race for the long haul. She intends to make a difference in our country. Hillary Clinton intends to help our country to be what it can become.

She declares she wants to see more smiles in the family, more courtesies between men and women, more honesty in the marketplace. She is the prayer of every woman and man who longs for fair play, healthy families, good schools, and a balanced economy.

She means to rise.

Don't give up on Hillary. In fact, if you help her to rise, you will rise with her and help her make this country the wonderful, wonderful place where every man and every woman can live freely without sanctimonious piety and without crippling fear.

Rise, Hillary.

Rise.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

5. Wow, #8, I think.

You guys should be less transparent in the future.

[TwilightGardener]

7. Creeeeeeepy.

[question everything]

8. A beautiful poem. Thank you (nt)

[DearAbby]

9. TaTa....dont be a stranger...

:hi:

[Kurovski]

14. We're changing the locks.

Kidding! See ya at the spam-fest.

[thevoiceofreason]

16. See ya, quitter

Folks like you have maimed the democratic party for 20 years. Time for some folks with spines instead of wistful 8th graders.

[grantcart]

17. Hillary could run out of money before then

[cliffordu]

18. Oh, Snap!!!

I know: Take a laxative and you can take a duMP and get rid of that freepy feeling that these things are organized....



:hurts:

[Catherina]

19. Hillary, the "dream and the hope of the slave". Jesus Fucking Christ n/t

[greyghost]

21. Later! Hillary may well be out of $ in a week!

[thevoiceofreason]

22. Keep on kicking

[NanceGreggs]

23. I see ...

... an awful lot of cult-like behavior going on here tonight.

[Alexander]

24. Here, let me call for your ride back to DU.

[thevoiceofreason]

25. I like the CYA threat.

Think it deserves a big "FUCK OFF"

[boppers]

27. I walk like I've got oil wells/Pumping in my living room.

Yup. The rest of us, however, do not.

Sucks to be us. :)

[thevoiceofreason]

28. Kick in the pants

[VinnieF]

30. Seven Days??!!

I can't wait that long. I'll just ignore you now.

:hi:

[VolcanoJen]

31. Damn, I missed some serious weirdness around here last night!

:crazy: