Of course, I don't know very much About these politics, But I think that some who run 'em, Do mighty ugly tricks. I've seen 'em honey-fugle round, And talks so awful sweet, That you'd think them full of kindness, As an egg is full of meat. Now I don't believe in looking Honest people in the face, And saying when you're doing wrong, That "I haven't sold my race." When we want to school our children, If the money isn't there, Whether black or white have took it, The love we all must share. And this buying up each other Is something worse than mean, Though I thinks a heap of voting, I go for voting clean . | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN AMERICAN IN BANGKOK by KAREN SWENSON PSALM OF THOSE WHO GO FORTH BEFORE DAYLIGHT by CARL SANDBURG ROSAMOND: KING HENRY'S SONG by JOSEPH ADDISON PRAYER FOR A CITY CHILD by DOROTHY P. ALBAUGH L'EAU DORMANTE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE NATURAL FIRE by CLIFFORD ALLEN OF BEAUTY by EVA K. ANGLESBURG |