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Minstrel Man

Langston Hughes

  
Because my mouth
Is wide with laughter
And my throat
Is deep with song, 
You do not think 
I suffer after
I have held my pain
So long?

Because my mouth 
Is wide with laughter, 
You do not hear
My inner cry? 
Because my feet
Are gay with dancing, 
You do not know 
I die?

Added: 16 Jan 2002 | Last Read: 9 Jan 2009 3:04 AM | Viewed: 12725 times

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