The pavement slabs burn loose beneath my feet, A chafing sa… - Claude McKay

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The pavement slabs burn loose beneath my feet,
A chafing savage, down the decent street;
And passion rends my vitals as I pass,
Where boldly shines your shuttered door of glass.

Claude McKay

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Claude McKay (September 15, 1889 – May 22, 1948) was a writer and poet, who was a seminal figure in the Harlem Renaissance.

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Alternative Names: Hugh Hope • Festus Claudius McKay • C. E. Edwards

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The wine-flushed, bold-eyed boys, and even the girls,
Devoured her with their eager, passionate gaze;
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I muse my life-long hate, and without flinch
I bear it nobly as I live my part.

The pavement slabs burn loose beneath my feet, A chafing savage, down the decent street; And passion rends my vitals as I pass, Where boldly shines y… - Claude McKay

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