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Toomer,
Jean
. American poet and novelist; important figure of the Harlem Renaissance
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Written by:
Jean
Toomer
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African Guardian of Souls,
Drunk with rum,
Feasting on strange cassava,
Yielding to new words and a weak palabra
Of a white-faced sardonic god--
Grins, cries
Amen,
Shouts hosanna.
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