I Am the American Negro (collection)/Benjamin Blakey

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BENJAMIN BLAKEY
Benjamin BlakeyDid quite well for himselfAnd the people of his townIt isn't everybodyWho leaves behindThe showplace of his state—A six-story Odd Fellows TempleHe built and managed—As well as control of the affairsOf big Sinai A. M. E. ChurchA son who finished HarvardA daughter with a Vassar degreeA wife so well satisfied outwardlyShe never showed jealousyOf the six womenThe town whisperedHer husband kept
StillBenjamin BlakeyWould have died more contentHad he ever learnedFrom which of his mistressesHe contractedThat fatal social disease . . .
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