Success by Langston Hughes — Read

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Here I sit with my belly full / And he who might have been my brother / Walks hungry in the rain.

Here I sit with my belly full / And she I might have loved / Seeks someone in the shadows / To whom she may sell her body.

Here I sit with my belly full, / No longer the rain, / No longer the shadows for the / Woman I love, / No longer hunger.

Success is a great big beefsteak / With onions on it, / And I eat.

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