Langston Hughes

Enemy

Enemy - meaning Summary

Encounter with an Enemy

This short poem imagines a wish to encounter an adversary in person, picturing a chance meeting on a shared road to hell. The speaker anticipates feeling triumphant as fortunes reverse, suggesting a mix of dark humor, schadenfreude, and desire for personal vindication. The brief, conversational lines compress a social grievance into a single fanciful scenario where cruelty and irony meet at a crossroads.

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It would be nice In any case, To someday meet you Face to face Walking down The road to hell... As I come up Feeling swell.

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