Laughers

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Laughers

Dream singers,

Story tellers,

Dancers,

Loud laughers in the hands of Fate⁠—

My people.

Dish-washers,

Elevator-boys,

Ladies’ maids,

Crap-shooters,

Cooks,

Waiters,

Jazzers,

Nurses of babies,

Loaders of ships,

Rounders,

Number writers,

Comedians in vaudeville

And band-men in circuses⁠—

Dream-singers all⁠—

My people.

Story-tellers all⁠—

My people.

Dancers⁠—

God! What dancers!

Singers⁠—

God! What singers!

Singers and dancers,

Dancers and laughers.

Laughers?

Yes, laughers⁠ ⁠… laughers⁠ ⁠… laughers⁠—

Loud-mouthed laughers in the hands

Of Fate.