Langston Hughes - Madam and the Phone Bill

Langston Hughes - Madam and the Phone Bill

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


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Uploaded: 2014-11-07

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