by Langston Hughes    You say I O.K.ed    LONG DISTANCE？    O.K.ed it when？    My goodness， Central    That was then！    I'm mad and disgusted    With that Negro now.    I don't pay no REVERSED    CHARGES nohow.    You say， I will pay it    Else you'll take out my phone？    You better let    My phone alone.    I didn't ask him    To telephone me.    Roscoe knows darn well    LONG DISTANCE    Ain't free.    If I ever catch him，    Lawd， have pity！    Calling me up    From Kansas City.    Just to say he loves me！    I knowed that was so.    Why didn't he tell me some'n    I don't know？    For instance， what can    Them other girls do    That Alberta K. Johnson    Can't do——and more， too？    What's that， Central？    You say you don't care    Nothing about my    Private affair？    Well， even less about your    PHONE BILL， does I care！    Un-humm-m！ . . . Yes！    You say I gave my O.K.？    Well， that O.K. you may keep    But I sure ain't gonna pay！