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FOREWARNING

Fairy words . . . a Pollyanna mindDo not roam these pages.InsideThere are coarse victualsA couch of rough boardsCompanions who seldom smileYetIt is the soul's abodeOf a Negro dreamerFor being blackIn my AmericaIs no rendezvousWith Venus . . .