𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐮’𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐦 “𝐈 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬” 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 “𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥.” 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐰, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥.

The caged bird sings
With a fearful trill
Of the things unknown
But longed for still
And his tune is heard
On the distant hill
For the caged bird sings of freedom.

~from “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou

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