<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color: rgb(64, 63, 76); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 42px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Caged Bird</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">By Maya Angelou</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">A free bird leaps<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">on the back of the wind <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and floats downstream <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">till the current ends<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and dips his wing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in the orange sun rays<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and dares to claim the sky.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">But a bird that stalks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">down his narrow cage<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">can seldom see through<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">his bars of rage<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">his wings are clipped and <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">his feet are tied<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">so he opens his throat to sing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The caged bird sings <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">with a fearful trill <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">of things unknown <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">but longed for still <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and his tune is heard <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">on the distant hill <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">for the caged bird <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">sings of freedom.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The free bird thinks of another breeze<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and he names the sky his own<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">his wings are clipped and his feet are tied <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">so he opens his throat to sing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The caged bird sings <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">with a fearful trill <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">of things unknown <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">but longed for still <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and his tune is heard <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">on the distant hill <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">for the caged bird <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">sings of freedom.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div><div>———————————————</div><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“A stranger is just a friend you haven't met.” - Roy E. 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