Sport
Langston Hughes 1901--1967

Life for him
Must be
The shivering of
A great drum
Beaten with swift sticks
Then at the closing hour
The lights go out
And there is no music at all
And death becomes 
An empty cabaret
And eternity an unblown saxophone 
And yesterday 
A glass of gin
Drunk long 
Ago

Langston Hughes was born in Missouri, died in New York.
He's a major figure of the Harlem Renaissance, author of 
many books of poetry and plays.