<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53); font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 26pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Human Family</span><div dir="ltr"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">by Maya Angelou</span><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div>I note the obvious differences</div><div>in the human family.</div><div>Some of us are serious,</div><div>some thrive on comedy.</div><div><br></div><div>Some declare their lives are lived</div><div>as true profundity,</div><div>and others claim they really live</div><div>the real reality.</div><div><br></div><div>The variety of our skin tones</div><div>can confuse, bemuse, delight,</div><div>brown and pink and beige and purple,</div><div>tan and blue and white.</div><div><br></div><div>I've sailed upon the seven seas</div><div>and stopped in every land,</div><div>I've seen the wonders of the world</div><div>not yet one common man.</div><div><br></div><div>I know ten thousand women</div><div>called Jane and Mary Jane,</div><div>but I've not seen any two</div><div>who really were the same.</div><div><br></div><div>Mirror twins are different</div><div>although their features jibe,</div><div>and lovers think quite different thoughts</div><div>while lying side by side.</div><div><br></div><div>We love and lose in China,</div><div>we weep on England's moors,</div><div>and laugh and moan in Guinea,</div><div>and thrive on Spanish shores.</div><div><br></div><div>We seek success in Finland,</div><div>are born and die in Maine.</div><div>In minor ways we differ,</div><div>in major we're the same.</div><div><br></div><div>I note the obvious differences</div><div>between each sort and type,</div><div>but we are more alike, my friends,</div><div>than we are unalike.</div><div><br></div><div>We are more alike, my friends,</div><div>than we are unalike.</div><div><br></div><div>We are more alike, my friends,</div><div>than we are unalike.</div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">———————————————</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><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. Stolworthy</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>