A Capitalist at Dinner from <ref target="http://harlemshadows.org">Harlem Shadows: A Digital Edition</ref> This file is produced from the material at Harlem Shadows: A Digital Edition December 6, 2015 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical 4.0 International This file is generated from a master file containing the text of Claude McKay's 1922 collection of poems Harlem Shadows and related documents (other appearances of McKay's poems, reviews, and related material). The base text for this file is drawn from the item listed below. Claude McKay A Capitalist At Dinner The Liberator (July, 1919): 20 A Capitalist at Dinner A Capitalist At Dinner An ugly figure, heavy, overfed, Settles uneasily into a chair; Nervously he mops his pimply pink bald head, Frowns at the fawning waiter standing near. The entire service tries its best to please This overpampered piece of broken-health, Who sits there thoughtless, querulous, obese, Wrapped in his sordid visions of vast wealth. Great God! if creatures like this money-fool, Who hold the service of mankind so cheap, Over the people must forever rule, Driving them at their will like helpless sheep— Then let proud mothers cease from giving birth; Let human beings perish from the earth.