#Americans #Blacks
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’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the w… flow of human blood in human veins My soul has grown deep like the ri… I bathed in the Euphrates when da…
Only dumb guys fight. If I wasn’t dumb I wouldn’t be fightin’. I could make six dollars a day On the docks
When the old junk man Death Comes to gather up our bodies And toss them into the sack of obl… I wonder if he will find The corpse of a white multi—millio…
The census man, The day he came round, Wanted my name To put it down. I said, Johnson,
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—
In an envelope marked: PERSONAL God addressed me a letter. In an envelope marked: PERSONAL
Harlem Sent him home in a long box— Too dead To know why:
I went to the Gypsy’s. Gypsy settin’ all alone. I said, Tell me, Gypsy, When will my gal be home? Gypsy said, Silver,
It was a long time ago. I have almost forgotten my dream. But it was there then, In front of me, Bright like a sun—
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 —
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?
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
Here I sit With my shoes mismated. Lawdy—mercy! I’s frustrated!
I work all day, Said Simple John, Myself a house to buy. I work all day, Said Simple John,