Look heah! 'Splain to me de reason
Why you said to Squire Lee,
Der wuz twelve ole chicken thieves
In dis heah town, includin' me.
Ef he tole you dat, my brudder,
He said sump'n dat warn't true;
W'at I said wuz dis, dat der wuz
Twelve, widout includin' you.
Oh!…!-
An Explanation
James Weldon Johnson
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Poem topics: town, true, reason, chicken, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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