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Poem by Langston Hughes


Prize Fighter


Only dumb guys fight.
If I wasn't dumb
I wouldn't be fightin'.
I could make six dollars a day
On the docks
And I'd save more than I do now.
Only dumb guys fight.



Langston Hughes


Langston Hughes's other poems:
  1. Theme for English B
  2. Sylvester’s Dying Bed
  3. Juke Box Love Song
  4. You and Your Whole Race
  5. Lonesome Place


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