Poem by Langston Hughes

To Artina

I will take you heart.
I will take your soul out of your body
As though I were God.
I will not be satisfied
With the touch of your hand
Nor the sweet of your lips alone.
I will take your heart for mine.
I will take your soul.
I will be God when it comes to you.

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2. Ennui
3. Sea Calm
4. Genius Child
5. For Selma

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