#Americans #Blacks
Big Boy came Carrying a mermaid On his shoulders And the mermaid Had her tail
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
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 am God— Without one friend, Alone in my purity World without end. Below me young lovers
The census man, The day he came round, Wanted my name To put it down. I said, Johnson,
The rent man knocked. He said, Howdy—do? I said, What Can I do for you? He said, You know
Now dreams Are not available To the dreamers, Nor songs To the singers.
Love Is a ripe plum Growing on a purple tree. Taste it once And the spell of its enchantment
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,
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…
Goin’ down the road, Lawd, Goin’ down the road. Down the road, Lawd, Way, way down the road. Got to find somebody
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.
In an envelope marked: PERSONAL God addressed me a letter. In an envelope marked: PERSONAL
I woke up this mornin’ ’Bout half-past three. All the womens in town Was gathered round me. Sweet gals was a-moanin’,
The ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond and jade, Sit silently on their temple shelv… While the people