Madam and the Phone Bill
You say I O.K.ed
LONG DISTANCE?
O.K.ed it when?
My goodness, tral
That was then!
Im mad and disgusted
With that Negro now.
I dont pay no REVERSED
CHARGES nohow.
You say, I will pay it--
Else youll take out my phone?
You better let
My phone alone.
I didnt ask him
To telephone me.
Roscoe knows darn well
LONG DISTANCE
Aint free.
If I ever catch him,
Lawd, have pity!
Calling me up
From Kansas City.
Just to say he loves me!
I khat was so.
Why didell me somen
I dont know?
For instance, what
Them irls do
That Alberta K. Johnson
t do--and more, too?
Whats that, tral?
You say you dont care
Nothing about my
Private affair?
Well, even less about your
PHONE BILL, does I care!
Un-humm-m! . . . Yes!
You say I gave my O.K.?
Well, that O.K. you may keep--
But I sure aint gonna pay!
Langston Hughes