Cross

My old man's a white old man
and my mother's black.
If ever I cursed my white old man
I take my curses back.

If ever I cursed my black old mother
and wished she were in hell,
I'm sorry for that evil wish
and now I wish her well.

My old man died in a fine big house
My ma died in a shack.
I wonder where I'm gonna die,
Being neither white nor black?

~Langston Hughes