Langston Hughes, "Poem: For the portrait of an African boy after the manner of Gauguin"
For the portrait of an African boy after the manner of Gauguin
All the tom-toms of the jungles beat in my blood,
And all the wild hot moons of the jungles shine in my soul.
I am afraid of this civilization--
So hard,
So strong,
So cold.
Published in The Weary Blues, 1926