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Langston Hughes - Madam And The Phone Bill

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!

Added: on March 8th, 2006 at 1:15 PM | Viewed: 14920 times | Comments and analysis of Madam And The Phone Bill by Langston Hughes Comments (7)


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Poet: Langston Hughes
Poem: Madam And The Phone Bill

Comment 7 of 7, added on May 3rd, 2006 at 11:06 AM.

i like the rhythm and the rhyme. it really made the poem flow..thanks Langston Hughes for brightenin my day..wait? isnt he dead..haha..my bad

Samara from United States
Comment 6 of 7, added on April 6th, 2006 at 12:57 PM.

I like eggs! They should put a poem about eggs on here.

eggs from Argentina
Comment 5 of 7, added on March 8th, 2006 at 1:15 PM.

i love thisa poem. the first time i read it i fell in love.

Tichina from United States

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