Caroling Dusk/I, Too

by Langston Hughes

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I, TOO^[1]

I, too, sing America.

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

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

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

I, too, am America.

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