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by Langston Hughes You say I O.K.ed LONG DISTANCE？ O.K.ed it when？ My goodness， Central That was then！ I'm mad and disgusted With that Negro now. I don't pay no REVERSED CHARGES nohow. You say， I will pay it Else you'll take out my phone？ You better let My phone alone. I didn't ask him To telephone me. Roscoe knows darn well LONG DISTANCE Ain't free. If I ever catch him， Lawd， have pity！ Calling me up From Kansas City. Just to say he loves me！ I knowed that was so. Why didn't he tell me some'n I don't know？ For instance， what can Them other girls do That Alberta K. Johnson Can't do——and more， too？ What's that， Central？ You say you don't care Nothing about my Private affair？ Well， even less about your PHONE BILL， does I care！ Un-humm-m！ . . . Yes！ You say I gave my O.K.？ Well， that O.K. you may keep But I sure ain't gonna pay！ |
