Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death, The rape and rot of gr…

Langston Hughes
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Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death, The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies, We, the people, must redeem The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers. The mountains and the endless plain-- All, all the stretch of these great green states-- And make America again! ✨ Langston Hughes (2004). Vintage Hughes, Vintage
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