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ME AND THE MULE by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES

Poet Analysis

First Line: MY OLD MULE / HE'S GOT A GRIN ON HIS FACE
Last Line: You got to take me / like I am
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;

My old mule,
He's got a grin on his face.
He's been a mule so long
He's forgot about his race.
I'm like that old mule--
Black--and don't give a damn!
You got to take me
Like I am.



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