Sometimes a crumb falls From the tables of joy, Sometimes a bone Is fl…

Langston Hughes
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Sometimes a crumb falls From the tables of joy, Sometimes a bone Is flung. To some people Love is given, To others Only heaven. ✨ Langston Hughes (2011). Selected Poems of Langston Hughes, p.99, Vintage
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Sometimes a crumb falls From the tables of joy, Sometimes a bone Is flung. To some people Love is given, To others Only heaven. ✨ Langston Hughes (2011). Selected Poems of Langston Hughes, p.99, Vintage

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