The speaker of a poem in this collection calls himself “free, black & forty-one” and laments never seeing his son. In a Ralph Ellison reference, a poem from this collection declares, “Shadow & act, shadow & act, / Better get white or you’ get whacked.” The speaker says, “Uncle Tom, sweep shut yo mouf” in a poem from this collection that notes it has been eight years since racial segregation was banned in schools. This collection begins with the speaker lamenting how “All the world like a woolen lover / once did seem” on the protagonist’s side. The line “Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so,” opens a poem in this collection, which contains 12 elegies to Delmore Schwartz. This collection often calls its protagonist “Mr. Bones” and includes the volume His Toy, His Dream, His Rest. For 10 points, name this confessional poetry collection about “Huffy Henry,” written by John Berryman. ■END■
ANSWER: The Dream Songs [accept 77 Dream Songs; accept His Toy, His Dream, His Rest until read]
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