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No Loser, No Weeper 

'I hate to lose something, ' 

then she bent her head 

'even a dime, I wish I was dead. 

I can't explain it. No more to be said. 

Cept I hate to lose something.' 

'I lost a doll once and cried for a week. 

She could open her eyes, and do all but speak. 

I believe she was took, by some doll-snatching-sneak 

I tell you, I hate to lose something.' 

'A watch of mine once, got up and walked alway. 

It had twelve numbers on it and for the time of day. 

I'll never forget it and all I can say 

Is I really hate to lose something.' 

'Now if I felt that way bout a watch and a toy, 

What you think I feel bout my lover-boy? 

I ain't threatening you madam, but he is my 

evening's joy. 

And I mean I really hate to lose something.' 

By : Maya Angelou

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When I read this poem,I could relate to it because I remembered how I used to love someone who I though was special and ultimately irreplaceable. This poem by Maya Angelou made me recognize that when our mothers and aunts say "I know what you're going through" they probably- no , most definitely do. Love and Pain , which is one in the same transcends time, knows no age or  color. They same kinds of issues we have with boys and men, our mothers , grandmothers , great- grandmothers aunts and cousins went through too. Just by looking at them being "okay",  & seeing that their world didn't end because of a boy, we can come to the conclusion that we too will get to that point and we will be okay. Just like my mother always told me , but I couldn't believe it at the exact time she was telling me, " This, too shall pass". My mother was right. Every little thing that I used to think seemed so devastating is not such a big deal anymore, and I am able to look back and learn from my experiences.


I used to think that losing some boy or another was the end of the world, that there was no other 
"toy" . I used to 'really hate to lose something too'. Now I realize that if its meant to me to have, I will have it. If not, there are plenty of other "toys" in the world . At the end of every day , "It's not that serious!" lol :)