Langston Hughes - Madam And The Phone BillLangston Hughes - Madam And The Phone Bill
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You say I O.K.ed
LONG DISTANCE?
O.K.ed it when?
My goodness, Central
That was then!
I`m mad and disgusted
With that Negro now.
I don`t pay no REVERSED
CHARGES nohow.
You say, I will pay it—
Else you`ll take out my phone?
You better let
My phone alone.
I didn`t ask him
To telephone me.
Roscoe knows darn well
LONG DISTANCE
Ain`t free.
If I ever catch him,
Lawd, have pity!
Calling me up
From Kansas City.
Just to say he loves me!
I knowed that was so.
Why didn`t he tell me some`n
I don`t know?
For instance, what can
Them other girls do
That Alberta K. Johnson
Can`t do—and more, too?
What`s that, Central?
You say you don`t care
Nothing about my
Private affair?
Well, even less about your
PHONE BILL, does I care!
Un-humm-m! . . . Yes!
You say I gave my O.K.?
Well, that O.K. you may keep—
But I sure ain`t gonna pay!
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