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Langston Hughes, "Sick Room" (1926)
12022-01-06T10:27:23-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e12132plain2024-01-27T08:56:48-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1How quiet It is in this sick room Where on the bed A silent woman lies between two lovers Life and Death, And all three covered with a sheet of pain.