Look heah! 'Splain to me de reason <br />Why you said to Squire Lee, <br />Der wuz twelve ole chicken thieves <br />In dis heah town, includin' me. <br />Ef he tole you dat, my brudder, <br />He said sump'n dat warn't true; <br />W'at I said wuz dis, dat der wuz <br />Twelve, widout includin' you. <br />Oh! . . . !—<br /><br />James Weldon Johnson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-explanation-2/
