#AmericanWriters
You say I O.K.ed LONG DISTANCE? O.K.ed it when? My goodness, Central That was then!
My name is Johnson— Madam Alberta K. The Madam stands for business. I’m smart that way. I had a
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…
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.
How still, How strangely still The water is today, It is not good For water
I would liken you To a night without stars Were it not for your eyes. I would liken you To a sleep without dreams
You sicken me with lies, With truthful lies. And with your pious faces. And your wide, out—stretched, mock—welcome, Christian hands.
Here I sit With my shoes mismated. Lawdy—mercy! I’s frustrated!
I sat there singing her Songs in the dark. She said; 'I do not understand The words’.
2 and 2 are 4. 4 and 4 are 8. But what would happen If the last 4 was late? And how would it be
Remember The days of bondage— And remembering— Do not stand still. Go to the highest hill
I dream a world where man No other man will scorn, Where love will bless the earth And peace its paths adorn I dream a world where all
I am your son, white man! Georgia dusk And the turpentine woods. One of the pillars of the temple f… You are my son!