“I heard someone walking on the leaves. And somebody actually turned the knob. So I said, ‘Stand four feet back because I’m going to shoot now!’ Boom! Boom! The police came by and said, ‘Ms. Angelou, the shots came from inside the house.’ I said, ‘Well, I don’t know how that happened.’”
The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and [her] tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.
New screen door: $60. Installed.
Scaring the bad guys: Priceless.