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ODE TO BIG TREND by TERRANCE HAYES

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First Line: PRETTY SOON THE NEGROES WERE LOOKING TO GET PAID.
Last Line: Into Trend's shadow because our money always followed.
Subject(s): LABOR & LABORERS; AFRICAN AMERICANS; WORK; WORKERS; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;
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http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/181168


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