My old man's a white old man
and my old 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 were I'm going to die, being neither white nor black?
-Langston Hughes