Sometimes a crumb falls
From the tables of joy
Sometimes a bone
Is flung
To some people love is given
To others
Only heaven.


Luck, in Fields of Wonder, 1947

Langston Hughes Quotes

Sometimes a crumb falls From the tables of joy Sometimes a bone Is flung To some people love is given To others Only heaven.

Sometimes a crumb falls From the tables of joy Sometimes a bone Is flung To some people love is given To others Only heaven.

Sometimes a crumb falls From the tables of joy Sometimes a bone Is flung To some people love is given To others Only heaven.

Sometimes a crumb falls From the tables of joy Sometimes a bone Is flung To some people love is given To others Only heaven.