Living
Independent
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Living
I'se jes as innerpenunt as a pig on ice.
Gwineter git up ag'in if I slips down twice.
If I cain't git up, I can jes lie down.
I don't want no Niggers to be he'pin' me 'roun'.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Independent.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/323/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Independent.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/323/.
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