Langston Hughes Quote

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"我的生活并非水晶楼梯"

Translations

“I too am America”

Langston Hughes

“I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen ”

“I've been scarred and battered”

“Life for me ain't been no crystal stair”

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