Poem of the day – Madam And The Phone Bill by Langston Hughes

You say I O.K.edLONG DISTANCE?O.K.ed it when?My goodness, CentralThat was then!
I’m mad and disgustedWith that Negro now.I don’t pay no REVERSEDCHARGES nohow.
You say, I will pay it–Else you’ll take out my phone?You better letMy phone alone.
I didn’t ask himTo telephone me.Roscoe knows darn wellLONG DISTANCEAin’t free.
If I ever catch him,Lawd, have pity!Calling me upFrom Kansas City.
Just to say he loves me!I knowed that was so.Why didn’t he tell me

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