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那一段情书。My darling, I'm waiting for you.How long is a day in the dark?Or a week?The fire is gone nowand I'm horribly cold.I really ought to drag myself outside,but then there'd be the sun.I'm afraid I waste the lighton the paintings and on writing thses words.We die.We die rich with lovers and tribes,tastes we have swallowed,bodys we have entered...and swum up like rivers.Fears we've hidden in,like this wreched cave.I want all this marked on my body.We are the real countries.Not the boundaries drawn on maps,the names of powerful men.I know you'll come and carry me out into the palace of winds.That's all I've wanted,to walk in such a place with you,with friends.an earth without maps.The lamp's gone out,and I'm writing...in the darkness.亲爱的，我在等你不见天日的一天会有多长？比一周长吗？火熄灭了，我觉得寒风刺骨我真想拖着病体到外面去外面阳光普照我怕在那些书上把电耗尽了写下这些字句时我们都死了我们魂归天国，那里充满在爱河的人，不分种族我们嘴里都有对方的味道我们曾经灵欲合一相爱得很深内心的恐惧像这幽暗的山洞我要把这些永远铭刻在身体上我们的国家是实实在在的并非画在地图上的边界只用强人的姓名来命名的那一种我知道你会回来把我抱起来迎风屹立我已别无所求只想跟着你漫步天国带上一些好友去一个没有地图的乐土油尽灯枯了我现在执笔时已经漆黑一片……作者：吴永涛链接：来源：知乎著作权归作者所有。商业转载请联系作者获得授权，非商业转载请注明出处。

▍书信原文 Dear Marguerite, You're itching to be on your own. You don't want anybody telling you what time you have to be in at night or how to raise your baby. You're going to leave your mother's big comfortable house and she won't stop you, because she knows you too well.   But listen to what she says: When you walk out of my door, don't let anybody raise you—you've been raised. You know right from wrong. In every relationship you make, you'll have to show readiness to adjust and make adaptations. Remember, you can always come home.     You will go home again when the world knocks you down—or when you fall down in full view of the world. But only for two or three weeks at a time. Your mother will pamper you and feed you your favorite meal of red beans and rice. You'll make a practice of going home so she can liberate you again—one of the greatest gifts along with nurturing your courage, that she will give you. Be courageous, but not foolhardy. Walk proud as you are, Maya       读过她的人生，你会感慨自己好像什么也没经历过，枉在这世上走一遭，而同时，你又会欣慰还好自己不用经历她经历过的那些事情，哪怕是其中的一半。Maya Angelou，这位伟大的母亲和勇敢的女儿，虽生在泥沼，却努力绽放，向我们展示着女性的力量！ 背景介绍：玛雅·安吉罗（Maya Angelou），一位有着传奇经历的奇女子，她三岁父母离异，七岁半被母亲的男友强暴，16岁做脱衣舞女，17岁成为单身母亲。而最艰难的处境还在于她是一个贫民窟的黑人小女孩，而且成长在黑人受尽岐视和屈辱的年代。但她最终成为了一个著作等身的诗人、作家、导演、民权的代表人物之一。她的冲破囚笼的歌——《我知道笼中鸟为何歌唱》是美国黑人妇女文学创作中里程碑性的重要作品。racial segregation：种族隔离制度 "To know her life story is to simultaneously wonder what on earth you have been doing with your own life and feel glad that you didn't have to go through half the things she has." Martin Luther King Jr.: 马丁·路德·金，民权主义者，美国民权运动领袖 "The world knows her as a poet but at the heart of her, she was a teacher. 'When you learn, teach. When you get, give' is one of my best lessons from her."（Oprah Winfrey） "She moved through the world with unshakeable calm, confidence and a fierce grace. I loved her and I know she loved me. She will always be the rainbow in my clouds." （Oprah Winfrey）                            读过这封信许多母亲好像很谦虚地表示自愧不如。我觉得Angelou是个伟大的人，他所受委屈 歧视和吃过的苦，都将化为她的气质，成就了她的伟大。