Poetry All Up In Here

     I'm teaching a lesson tomorrow on poetry.  

     I'm starting with Tupac and Mos Def.  

     Then moving to Langston Hughes - 

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.

Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.

Besides, 
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed--

I, too, am America.