For a Magician
Whose magic could explore
Ways others might not guess or see,
Now am barred behind a door
That has no "Open Sesame."
This poem is in the public domain.
(For Carl Van Vechten)
For Donald Duff
Locked arm in arm they cross the way,
The black boy and the white,
The golden splendor of the day,
The sable pride of night.
I have a rendezvous with Life,
In days I hope will come,
Ere youth has sped, and strength of mind,
Ere voices sweet grow dumb.
I have a rendezvous with Life,
When Spring's first heralds hum.
Sure some would cry it's better far
To crown their days with sleep