Author Langston Hughes Mercedes is a jungle-lily in a death house.Mercedes is a doomed star.Mercedes is a charnel rose.Go where goldWill fall at the feet of your beauty,Mercedes.Go where they will pay you wellFor your loveliness. Tags Short Poems Rate this poem Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 No votes yet Rate Log in or register to post comments