Harlem Night Club

Sleek black boys in a cabaret.
Jazz-band, jazz-band –
Play, plAY, PLAY!
Tomorrow. … who knows?
Dance today!

White girls’ eyes
Call gay black boys.
Black boys’ lips
Grin jungle joys.

Dark brown girls
In blond men’s arms.
Jazz-band, jazz-band –
Sing Eve’s charms!

White ones, brown ones,
What do you know
About tomorrow
Where all paths go?

Jazz-boys, jazz-boys –
Play, plAY, PLAY!
Tomorrow. … is darkness.
Joy today!