July 4, 2007
Hump Day Poetry: 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.
Tomorrow,
I’ll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody’ll dare
Say to me,
“Eat in the kitchen,”
Then.
Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed—
I, too, am America.
—Langston Hughes, 1925
luaphacim said,
July 4, 2007 at 2:03 pm
… and another of my favorite poems! 🙂 How do you do that?