African American Poetry: A Digital Anthology

Langston Hughes, "Cross" (1925)

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titledcterms:titleLangston Hughes, "Cross" (1925)
contentsioc:contentMy old man's a white old man
And my old mother's black.
If ever I cursed my white old man
I take my curses back.

If ever I cursed my black old mother
And wished she were in hell,
I'm sorry for that evil wish
And now I wish her well.

My old man died in a fine big house.
My ma died in a shack.
I wonder where I'm gonna die,
Being neither white nor black?

Published in The Crisis, December 1925
Also published in The Weary Blues, 1926
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