#Americans #Blacks
My old man’s a white old man And my old mother’s black. If ever I cursed my white old man I take my curses back. If ever I cursed my black old mot…
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.
It’s such a Bore Being always Poor.
The census man, The day he came round, Wanted my name To put it down. I said, Johnson,
How quiet It is in this sick room Where on the bed A silent woman lies between two lo… Life and Death,
I will take you heart. I will take your soul out of your… As though I were God. I will not be satisfied With the touch of your hand
I look at the world From awakening eyes in a black fac… And this is what I see: This fenced—off narrow space Assigned to me.
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run?
Big Boy came Carrying a mermaid On his shoulders And the mermaid Had her tail
'Me an’ ma baby’s Got two mo’ ways, Two mo’ ways to do de Charleston!… Da, da, Da, da, da!
Being walkers with the dawn and mo… Walkers with the sun and morning, We are not afraid of night, Nor days of gloom, Nor darkness—
My old mule, He’s gota grin on his face. He’s been a mule so long He’s forgotten about his race. I’m like that old mule —
Listen! Dear dream of utter aliveness— Touching my body of utter death— Tell me, O quickly! dream of aliv… The flaming source of your bright…
The night is beautiful, So the faces of my people. The stars are beautiful, So the eyes of my people. Beautiful, also, is the sun.
How still, How strangely still The water is today, It is not good For water
