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I like guys and stuff like that. 22. he/him.

Daniel (endtfb) @endtfb2.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This is one of my favorite poems about the US. Coming from a queer Harlem Renaissance writer, it really captures the complicated feelings I have about this country.

The poem “America” by Claude McKay:

Although she feeds me bread of bitterness,
And sinks into my throat her tiger’s tooth,
Stealing my breath of life, I will confess
I love this cultured hell that tests my youth.
Her vigor flows like tides into my blood,
Giving me strength erect against her hate,
Her bigness sweeps my being like a flood.
Yet, as a rebel fronts a king in state,
I stand within her walls with not a shred
Of terror, malice, not a word of jeer.
Darkly I gaze into the days ahead,
And see her might and granite wonders there,
Beneath the touch of Time’s unerring hand,
Like priceless treasures sinking in the sand.

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Daniel (endtfb) @endtfb2.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This is one of my favorite poems about the US. Coming from a queer Harlem Renaissance writer, it really captures the complicated feelings I have about this country.

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