Because my mouth Is wide with laughter And my throat Is deep with song, You do not think I suffer after I have held my pain So long? Because my mouth Is wide with laughter You do not hear My inner cry? Because my feet Are gay with dancing You do not know I die? ✨ Langston Hughes, Dolan Hubbard (2003). The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: Works for children and young adults: poetry, fiction, and other writing, p.63, University of Missouri Press
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- Your explanation depresses me, I said. Your nonsense depresses me, said Simple. ✨ Langston Hughes (2015). The Best of Simple, p.119, Hill and Wang
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