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BY Langston Hughes

Minstrel Man


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?


 

BY LANGSTON HUGHES

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