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Negro Laughter
Negro laughter...
is not the laughter of those others
Who force their distrait mirth
through thin pale lips.
Negro laughter...
is a stem of joyouness, a hardy tendril
Thrusting through the moraines
of long distress.
Written by Anita Scott Coleman (1890-1960)
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