I could take the Harlem night
and wrap around you,
Take the neon lights and make a crown,
Take the Lenox Avenue buses,
Taxis, subways,
And for your love song tone their rumble down.
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes (1902–1967), U.S. poet. Juke Box Love Song (l. 1–6). . .
Selected Poems of Langston Hughes. (1959) Vintage Books.