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Elevator Boy

9/11/2022

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I got a job now
Runnin' an elevator
In the Dennison Hotel in Jersey.
Job ain't no good though.
No money around.
     Jobs are just chances
     Like everything else.
     Maybe a little luck now,
     Maybe not.
     Maybe a good job sometimes:
     Step out o' the barrel, boy.
Two new suits an'
A woman to sleep with.
     Maybe no luck for a long time.
     Only the elevators
     Goin' up an' down,
     Up an' down,
     Or somebody else's shoes
     To shine,
     Or greasy pots in a dirty kitchen.
I been runnin' this
Elevator too long.
Guess I'll quit now.

~ Langston Hughes
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  • paintings
  • paintings, cont'd.
    • William Butler Yeats
  • former works
    • NFS greeting cards
  • Langston Hughes
  • Finnegans Wake
  • misc. notes
    • publications
  • James Joyce
    • not-a-blog
  • James Joyce
  • Fiber Arts
  • exhibits and presentationsNew Page
  • exhibits and presentationsNew Page
  • Fiber Arts