[lbo-talk] Maya Angelou writes poem praising Hillary -- here it is:

Charles Brown charlesb at cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us
Wed Jan 30 11:03:15 PST 2008


Doug Henwood

, B. wrote:


> "In recent years she
> [Angelou] has controversially even written lines to be
> printed inside greetings cards. 'Life is a glorious
> banquet, a limitless and delicious buffet,' reads one
> of her Hallmark epigrams."

Controversial? It seems like the perfect form for her. ___________________________________

CB: Isn't kitsch ( and gossip and fashion) list favored here ?

"Hillary Clinton intends to help our country to be what it can become."

^^^^ CB: and be all it can be like the Army (smile). This might be subtle Angelouan militarism.

I gotta say that whole thing is the funniest thing I have ever heard, triteness beyond compare, self-parody.



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