#Americans #Blacks
He glides so swiftly Back into the grass— Gives me the courtesy of road To let me pass, That I am half ashamed
She, In the dark, Found light Brighter than many ever see. She,
Goin’ down the road, Lawd, Goin’ down the road. Down the road, Lawd, Way, way down the road. Got to find somebody
In places like Selma, Alabama, Kids say, In places like Chicago and New York...
When Susanna Jones wears red her face is like an ancient cameo Turned brown by the ages. Come with a blast of trumphets, J… When Susanna Jones wears red
We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark
You say I O.K.ed LONG DISTANCE? O.K.ed it when? My goodness, Central That was then!
Because my mouth Is wide with laughter And my throat Is deep with song, You do not think
I would liken you To a night without stars Were it not for your eyes. I would liken you To a sleep without dreams
I was so sick last night I Didn’t hardly know my mind. So sick last night I Didn’t know my mind. I drunk some bad licker that
Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear. I have as much right
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…
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run?
Go home and write a page tonight. And let that page come out of you— Then, it will be true. I wonder if it’s that simple?
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.
