Langston Hughes, Poet to Bigot

I have done so little

For you,

And you have done so little 

For me,

That we have good reason

Never to agree.

I, however, 

Have such meager

Power,

Clutching at a 

Moment,

While you control

An hour.

But your hour is 

A stone.

My moment is

A flower.

Comments : A rather apt poem as we head into an election that is dividing some states along communal or caste-based lines. Even without that context, love the poem for the precision, brevity and deftness with which the message is delivered.     - Zen

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