Sing louder!

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.






James Langston Hughes 2.1.1902 5.22. 1967