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I would liken you To a night without stars Were it not for your eyes. I would liken you To a sleep without dreams
My name is Johnson— Madam Alberta K. The Madam stands for business. I’m smart that way. I had a
She, In the dark, Found light Brighter than many ever see. She,
By what sends the white kids I ain’t sent: I know I can’t be President.
That Justice is a blind goddess Is a thing to which we black are w… Her bandage hides two festering so… That once perhaps were eyes.
The ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond and jade, Sit silently on their temple shelv… While the people
I live on a park bench. You, Park Avenue. Hell of a distance Between us two. I beg a dime for dinner—
Gather quickly Out of darkness All the songs you know And throw them at the sun Before they melt
The gold moth did not love him So, gorgeous, she flew away. But the gray moth circled the flam… Until the break of day. And then, with wings like a dead d…
You and your whole race. Look down upon the town in which y… And be ashamed. Look down upon white folks And upon yourselves
How still, How strangely still The water is today, It is not good For water
Clean the spittoons, boy. Detroit, Chicago, Atlantic City, Palm Beach.
When I get to be a composer I’m gonna write me some music abou… Daybreak in Alabama And I’m gonna put the purtiest so… Rising out of the ground like a sw…
God in His infinite wisdom Did not make me very wise— So when my actions are stupid They hardly take God by surprise
I sat there singing her Songs in the dark. She said; 'I do not understand The words’.