Beacause it's his birthday

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"Laughters" by Langston Hughes

Dream singers,
Story tellers,
Dancers,
Loud laughers in the hands of Fate–
My people.

Dish-washers,
Elevator-boys,
Ladies' maids,
Crap-shooters,
Cooks,
Waiters,
Jazzers,
Nurses of babies,
Loaders of ships,
Rounders,
Number writers,
Comedians in vaudeville

And band-men in circuses–

Dream-singers all–
My people.

Story-tellers all–
My people.

Dancers–
God! What dancers!

Singers–
God! What singers!

Singers and dancers.
Dancers and laughers.

Laughers?

Yes, laughers. . . laughers. . .laughers–

Loud-mouthed laughers in the hands
Of Fate.