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MOTTO by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES

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First Line: I PLAY IT COOL
Last Line: My motto, / as I live and learn / is dig and be dug / in return
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;
Full Poem Text Available at
http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/04/22/specials/hughes-abused.html


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