With respect to Langston Hughes

[jungianslip]

Mother to Son

by Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
Well, son, I’ll tell you:
Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
It’s had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor-
Bare.
But all the time
I’se been a-climbin’ on,
And reachin’ landin’s,
And turnin’ corners,
And sometimes goin’ in the

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[redbouncytigger]

i like langston hughes. i was going to post my favorite poem by him that i did several reports on in school, but the internet says it by paul lawrence dunbar. hmm.

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/we-wear-the-mask/

i used to know the words by heart. well, what happens to a dream deferred is still pretty good.