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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

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