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BC Holmes ([personal profile] bcholmes) wrote2009-01-28 11:24 am

Thought for the Day

Poet to Bigot

I have done so little
For you,
And you have done so little
For me,
That we have good reason
Never to agree.

I, however,
Have such meagre
Power,
Clutching at a
Moment,
While you control
An hour.

But your hour is
A stone.

My moment is
A flower.

— Langston Hughes

I've posted this before, but not in quite a while. It may well be my favourite Hughes.

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[personal profile] firecat 2009-01-28 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
That's an awesome poem. Thanks for posting it.