My Mama has made bread
and Grampa has come
and everybody is drunk
....................
oh children think about the
good times A determined optimism and an infectious gaiety in the face of the adversities of ghetto life permeate the collection. This is not to say, however, that Clifton fails to point out tragic figures in the community. Lane, in "Lane is the Pretty One," is said to be the best-looking colored girl in town. Like the aging central figure of "Miss Rosie," she is a sad figure having suffered much abuse because of her beauty and never having been allowed to develop her human potential. "Robert" presents a different type of tragic personality, the familiar fawning Uncle Tom-like figure.
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