https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48985/phenomenal-woman on Maya Angelou

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"I am a woman phenomenally"
"Many people wonder where my secret lies, I'm not cute a bill to suit a fashion model size, when i tell them they think I'm telling lies"
" I walk into a room just as cool as you please, then to a man, they stand or fall on their knees, then they swam around me a hive of honey bees"
"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."