1078: Merry-Go-Round

[exceptindreams]

"Merry-Go-Round"
Langston Hughes

Where is the Jim Crow section
On this merry-go-round,
Mister, cause I want to ride?
Down South where I come from
White and colored
Can't sit side by side.
Down South on the train
There's a Jim Crow car.
On the bus we're put in the back-
But there ain't no back
To a merry-go-round!
Where's the horse
For a kid that's

Comments

[pukingtoreador]

Gah. That's heartbreaking.

[katoki]

Unrelated to the poem, I have a print very similar to your icon hanging on my wall.

[katoki]

Langston Hughes helped to spark my interest in poetry. His flow, his words, his feelings and message are always poignant and provocative.

[browngirl]

Mine too.

[catsaurus]

Mine too!!