Laughers

Dream singers,
Story tellers,
Dancers,
Loud laughers in the hands of Fate⁠—
  My people.
Dish-washers,
Elevator-boys,
Ladies’ maids,
Crap-shooters,
Cooks,
Waiters,
Jazzers,
Nurses of babies,
Loaders of ships,
Rounders,
Number writers,
Comedians in vaudeville
And band-men in circuses⁠—
Dream-singers all⁠—
  My people.
Story-tellers all⁠—
  My people.
  Dancers⁠—
God! What dancers!
  Singers⁠—
God! What singers!
Singers and dancers,
Dancers and laughers.
  Laughers?
Yes, laughers⁠ ⁠… laughers⁠ ⁠… laughers⁠—
Loud-mouthed laughers in the hands
  Of Fate.