Social Commentaries
To My Fairer Brethren
From Color (1925)
Social Commentaries
Though I score you with my best,
Treble circumstance
Must confirm the verdict, lest
It be laid to chance.
Insufficient that I match you
Every coin you flip;
Your demand is that I catch you
Squarely on the hip.
Should I wear my wreaths a bit
Rakishly and proud,
I have bought my right to it;
Let it be allowed.
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MLA
Cullen, Countee. “To My Fairer Brethren.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/20/.
Chicago
Cullen, Countee. “To My Fairer Brethren.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/20/.
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