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In its final section, "pioneer angels" clear the way for "sacred capitals" and "temples clean," resulting in a "new creation" interrupted by the cry of a vulture. Its second section features "a troupe of skull-faced witch men," and begins by describing "wild crap shooters with a whoop and a call" who "danced the juba in their gambling hall." Its first section, "Their Basic Savagery," mentions "barrel-house kings" who "pounded on the table," and ends with the repeated warning "Mumbo-Jumbo will hoo-doo you." Subtitled "A study of the Negro race," FTP, name this poem about a river "creeping through the black / cutting through the jungle with a golden track," written by Vachel Lindsay.
In its final section, "pioneer angels" clear the way for "sacred capitals" and "temples clean," resulting in a "new creation" interrupted by the cry of a vulture.
“The {Congo}”