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=Human Family - Poem by Maya Angelou = 

I note the obvious differences

in the human family.

Some of us are serious,

some thrive on comedy.

Some declare their lives are lived

as true profundity,

and others claim they really live

the real reality.

The variety of our skin tones

can confuse, bemuse, delight,

brown and pink and beige and purple,

tan and blue and white.

I've sailed upon the seven seas

and stopped in every land,

<span style="font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">I've seen the wonders of the world

<span style="font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">not yet one common man.

<span style="font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">I know ten thousand women

<span style="font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">called Jane and Mary Jane,

<span style="font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">but I've not seen any two

<span style="font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">who really were the same.

<span style="font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Mirror twins are different

<span style="font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">although their features jibe,

<span style="font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">and lovers think quite different thoughts

<span style="font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">while lying side by side.

<span style="font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">We love and lose in China,

<span style="font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">we weep on England's moors,

<span style="font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">and laugh and moan in Guinea,

<span style="font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">and thrive on Spanish shores.

<span style="font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">We seek success in Finland,

<span style="font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">are born and die in Maine.

<span style="font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">In minor ways we differ,

<span style="font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">in major we're the same.



<span style="font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">We are more alike, my friends,

<span style="font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">than we are unalike. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.417em;"> [|Maya Angelou] <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.417em;"> <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.417em;">