#AmericanWriters
Only dumb guys fight. If I wasn’t dumb I wouldn’t be fightin’. I could make six dollars a day On the docks
Here I sit With my shoes mismated. Lawdy—mercy! I’s frustrated!
2 and 2 are 4. 4 and 4 are 8. But what would happen If the last 4 was late? And how would it be
'Me an’ ma baby’s Got two mo’ ways, Two mo’ ways to do de Charleston!… Da, da, Da, da, da!
It’s such a Bore Being always Poor.
My name is Johnson— Madam Alberta K. The Madam stands for business. I’m smart that way. I had a
It was a long time ago. I have almost forgotten my dream. But it was there then, In front of me, Bright like a sun—
You say I O.K.ed LONG DISTANCE? O.K.ed it when? My goodness, Central That was then!
She, In the dark, Found light Brighter than many ever see. She,
Go home and write a page tonight. And let that page come out of you— Then, it will be true. I wonder if it’s that simple?
I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn’t, So I jumped in and sank. I came up once and hollered!
How quiet It is in this sick room Where on the bed A silent woman lies between two lo… Life and Death,
Clean the spittoons, boy. Detroit, Chicago, Atlantic City, Palm Beach.
Harlem Sent him home in a long box— Too dead To know why:
God in His infinite wisdom Did not make me very wise— So when my actions are stupid They hardly take God by surprise