Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of dia… - Langston Hughes

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Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.-

Langston Hughes

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Langston Hughes (1 February 1902 – 22 May 1967) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, social activist and newspaper columnist.

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Alternative Names: James Mercer Langston Hughes • James Langston Hughes

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Rest at pale evening...
A tall slim tree...
Night coming tenderly
Black like me

While over Alabama earth These words are gently spoken: Serve — and hate will die unborn. Love — and chains are broken.

I am so tired of waiting.
Aren’t you,
for the world to become good
and beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
and cut the world in two — and see what worms are eating
at the rind.

Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.- - Langston Hughes

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