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What page is the poem below on by Hughes and which book is it in? I can't find it? I play it cool and dig all jive, that’s the reason I stay alive. My motto as I live and learn is: Dig and be dug in return. Thank you, J.C.

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Susan This is from the poem "Motto", which is part of the Montage of A Dream Deferred section of Selected Poems, it's on p. 234 of this book.…moreThis is from the poem "Motto", which is part of the Montage of A Dream Deferred section of Selected Poems, it's on p. 234 of this book.(less)

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