I have a friend who eats his heart Away with grief of mine, Who…

I have a friend who eats his heart Away with grief of mine, Who drinks my joy as tipplers drain Deep goblets filled with wine.

Countee Cullen

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What turned up: “Uncle Jim,” third stanza, The Book of American Negro Poetry (1922); Public-domain poem read in full. Complete third stanza: speaker contrasts his sympathetic friend with his uncle’s bitter generalization about white people, then reflects on the uncle. Retain poem context; not an assertion that raci
Work: “Uncle Jim,” third stanza, The Book of American Negro Poetry (1922)
Sources checked: poets.orgChecked using manual, 20 October 2026“Uncle Jim,” third stanza, The Book of American Negro Poetry (1922); Public-domain poem read in full. Complete third stanza: speaker contrasts his sympathetic friend with his uncle’s bitter generalization about white people, then reflects on the uncle. Retain poem context; not an assertion that raci

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