A girl with all that raising,
It’s hard to understand
How she could get into trouble
With a no-good man.
The guy she gave her all to
Dropped her with a thud.
Now amongst decent people,
Dorothy’s name is mud.
But nobody’s seen her shed a tear,
Nor seen her hang her head.
Ain’t even heard her murmur,
Lord, I wish I was dead!
No! The hussy’s telling everybody—
Just as though it was no sin—
That if she had a chance
She’d do it agin’!
-Langston Hughes
