Langston Hughes, Harlem Night Club (1926)
Jazz-band , jazz -band,
Play, plAY, PLAY!
Tomorrow. ... who knows?
Dance today!
White girls' eyes
Call gay black boys.
Black boys' lips
Grin jungle joys.
Dark brown girls
In blond men's arms.
Jazz-band, jazz-band,--
Sing Eve's charms!
White ones, brown ones,
What do you know
About tomorrow
Where all paths go?
Jazz-boys, jazz-boys,
Play, plAY, PLAY!
Tomorrow. ... is darkness.
Joy today!