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Fenton Johnson, "The Barber" (1919)

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THE BARBER

   I wield the razor, sling hot towels and talk.
   My daily newspaper is the racing chart and my
pastime making bets on fleet-footed horses.
   Whatever is left from betting I divide w^th my
wife and a yellow woman who lives in an apartment
on Wabash Avenue.
   (Poor Wife! She gets very little.)
   I love gay clothes, a good supply of Fatimas and
the fire in gin and whiskey.
   I love life. Who doesn't? 

Published in Others, 1919

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