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He glides so swiftly Back into the grass— Gives me the courtesy of road To let me pass, That I am half ashamed
I’m all alone in this world, she s… Ain’t got nobody to share my bed, Ain’t got nobody to hold my hand— The truth of the matter’s I ain’t got no man.
been scared and battered. My hopes the wind done scattered. Snow has friz me, Sun has baked me, Looks like between 'em they done
Big Boy came Carrying a mermaid On his shoulders And the mermaid Had her tail
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run?
I live on a park bench. You, Park Avenue. Hell of a distance Between us two. I beg a dime for dinner—
In the Quarter of the Negroes Where the doors are doors of paper Dust of dingy atoms Blows a scratchy sound. Amorphous jack—o’—Lanterns caper
God in His infinite wisdom Did not make me very wise— So when my actions are stupid They hardly take God by surprise
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…
I take my dreams and make of them… and a round fountain with a beauti… And a song with a broken heart and… Do you understand my dreams? Sometimes you say you do,
Love Is a ripe plum Growing on a purple tree. Taste it once And the spell of its enchantment
How still, How strangely still The water is today, It is not good For water
Where is the Jim Crow section On this merry—go—round, Mister, cause I want to ride? Down South where I come from White and colored
Down in the bass That steady beat Walking walking walking Like marching feet. Down in the bass