Caroling Dusk/I, Too

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I, TOO[1]

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.

Tomorrow,
I’ll sit at the table
 ​When company comes.
Nobody’ll dare
Say to me,
“Eat in the kitchen,”
Then.

Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed,—

I, too, am America.


  1. ↑ By permission of and special arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., authorized publishers.
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