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Christine Klocek-Lim

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November 7, 2020

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Vintage verse – I, Too by Langston Hughes

I, Too

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.

They send me to eat in the kitchen

When company comes,

But I laugh,

And eat well,

And grow strong.

(read the rest at Poetry Foundation)

by Langston Hughes (1901-1967)

Photo by Christine Klocek-Lim