Success

Here i sit with my belly full
And he who might have been my brother
Walks hungry in the rain.

Here i sit with my belly full
And she i might have loved
Seeks someone in the shadows
To whom she may sell her body.

Here i sit with my belly full,
No longer in the rain,
No longer the shadows for the
Woman i love,
No longer hunger.

Success is a great big beefsteak
With onions on it,
And i eat.

by Langston Hughes