“I have need of a friend.

There is one and only one
who will give the air
from his failing lungs
for my body's mend.

And that one is my love.”

— Maya Angelou , book I Shall Not Be Moved

"Many and More"
I Shall Not Be Moved (1990)

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American author and poet 1928–2014

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