Langston Hughes, "Tired," The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, edited by Arnold Rampersad and David Roessel (Vintage Classics: 1995), p. 135
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I am so tired of waiting, Aren’t you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind? Let us take a knife And cut the world in two – And see what worms are eating At the rind.
— Langston Hughes on Tired
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About Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes (1 February 1902 – 22 May 1967) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, social activist and newspaper columnist.
About Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes (1 February 1902 – 22 May 1967) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, social activist and newspaper columnist.
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