Freedom is quiet
laughter at family gatherings
waiting for crawfish to boil
pure olive oil left in natural hair
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Angela Cagnolatti has written more than a hundred poems and performed some of them. She also sings and is a visual artist and a hair stylist. She is the mother of a teen-aged daughter and a native of Jackson, Mississippi.
Freedom is quiet
laughter at family gatherings
waiting for crawfish to boil
pure olive oil left in natural hair