Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, …

Langston Hughes
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Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.- ✨ Langston Hughes (2001). The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: The poems, 1921-1940, p.156, University of Missouri Press
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Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.- ✨ Langston Hughes (2001). The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: The poems, 1921-1940, p.156, University of Missouri Press

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