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NEIGHBOR by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES

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First Line: DOWN HOME / HE SETS ON A STOOP
Last Line: Sometimes / he don't drink / true, / he just / lets his glass / set there
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; HARLEM (NEW YORK CITY); NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Oxford_Book_of_American_Poetry/gO0AK7qCvmoC?q=&gbpv=1#f=false


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