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Locked arm in arm they cross the
The black boy and the white,
The golden splendor of the
The sable pride of night.
From lowered blinds the dark folk
And here the fair folk talk,
Indignant that these two should
In unison to walk.
Oblivious to look and
They pass, and see no
That lightning brilliant as a
Should blaze the path of thunder.
Countee Cullen
Countee Cullen (born Countee LeRoy Porter; May 30, 1903 – January 9, 1946) was an American poet, novelist, children's writer, and playwright, pa
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