Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BOB, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP



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First Line: Bob had a nigger woman
Last Line: For seven more she cried! ...
Subject(s): Love - Cultural Differences; Man-woman Relationships; Marriage; Murder; Male-female Relations; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


BOB had a nigger woman
That kicked and bit like a horse
More jungle-wild than human ...
She knifed him in due course ...

Bob had a nigger woman:
She knifed him till he died ...
For six whole days she wouldn't eat ...
For seven more she cried! ...





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