The first full collection of the works of a foremost African American poet
Song
You asked me to sing
Then you seemed not
To hear; to have gone out
From the edge of my voice
And I was singing
There I was singing
In a heathen voice
You could not hear
Though you requested
The song--it was for them.
Although they refuse you
And the song I made for you
Tangled in their tongue
They...
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