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VAGABONDS by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES

Poet Analysis

First Line: WE ARE THE DESPERATE
Last Line: The tearless / who cannot / weep
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; LABOR & LABORERS; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS; WORK; WORKERS;
We are the desperate
Who do not care,
The hungry
Who have nowhere
To eat,
No place to sleep,
The tearless
Who cannot
Weep.



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