<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><font class="">won’t you celebrate with me</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="">won't you celebrate with me <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="">what i have shaped into <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="">a kind of life? i had no model. <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="">born in <span class="annotation"><span id="annotation-1" class="">babylon</span></span><strong class=""></strong><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="">both nonwhite and woman <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="">what did i see to be except myself? <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="">i made it up <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="">here on this bridge <span class="annotation"><span id="annotation-2" class="">between</span></span><strong class=""></strong><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span class="annotation"><span id="annotation-3" class="">starshine and clay,</span></span><strong class=""></strong><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="">my one hand holding tight <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="">my other hand; come celebrate <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="">with me that everyday <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="">something has tried to kill me <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="">and has failed.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><o:p class=""><font class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Lucille Clifton</font></o:p></div></body></html>