Park Benching by Langston Hughes — Read

I've sat on the park benches in Paris / Hungry.

I've sat on the park benches in New York / Hungry.

And I've said:

I want a job.

I want work.

And I've been told:

There are no jobs.

There is no work.

So I've sat on the park benches / Hungry.

Mid-winter, / Hungry days, / No jobs, / No work.