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LUCK by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES

Poet Analysis

First Line: SOMETIMES A CRUMB FALLS
Last Line: Love is given, / to others / only in heaven
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; LUCK; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;
Sometimes a crumb falls
From the tables of joy,
Sometimes a bone
Is flung.
To some people
Love is given,
To others
Only heaven.



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