Starving at the Sill

A poem by Maya Angelou

Art: The Watcher at the Window by Corinne Voss

Music: Curtains and Memory by Elena Vance

When I was young, I used to
Watch behind the curtains
As men walked up and down the street. Wino men, old men.
Young men sharp as mustard.
See them. Men are always
Going somewhere.
They knew I was there. Fifteen
Years old and starving for them.
Under my window, they would pause,
Their shoulders high like the
Breasts of a young girl,
Jacket tails slapping over
Those behinds,
Men.

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