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SICK AFRICAN by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

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First Line: WM. YATES, COLORED
Last Line: TOO WEAK TO STAND.
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS;

Wm. Yates, colored,
Lies in bed reading
The Bible --
And recovering from
A dose of epididymitis
Contracted while Grace
Was pregnant with
The twelve day old
Baby:
There sits Grace, laughing,
Too weak to stand.



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