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My name is Johnson--Madam Alberta K.The Madam stands for business.I'm smart that way.I had aHAIR-DRESSING PARLORBeforeThe depression putThe prices..

Sensing death,The buzzards gather —Noting the last struggleOf flesh under weather,Noting the last glanceOf agonized eyeAt passing windAnd boundless..

When the old junk man DeathComes to gather up our bodiesAnd toss them into the sack of oblivion,I wonder if he will findThe corpse of a white..

My old mule,He's gota grin on his face.He's been a mule so longHe's forgotten about his race.I'm like that old mule --Black -- and don't give a..

I work all day,Said Simple John,Myself a house to buy.I work all day,Said Simple John,But Pierrot wondered why.For Pierrrot loved the long white..

You sicken me with lies,With truthful lies.And with your pious faces.And your wide, out-stretched,mock-welcome, Christian hands.While underneathIs..

The census man,The day he came round,Wanted my nameTo put it down.I said, Johnson,Alberta K.But he hated to writeThe K that way.He said, WhatDoes K..

How quietIt is in this sick roomWhere on the bedA silent woman lies between two lovers-Life and Death,And all three covered with a sheet of pain.

'Me an' ma baby'sGot two mo' ways,Two mo' ways to do de Charleston! 'Da, da,Da, da, da!Two mo' ways to do de Charleston! 'Soft light on the..

In an envelope marked:PERSONALGod addressed me a letter.In an envelope marked:PERSONALI have given my answer.

“When the little kids ask how old you are at your party, you should go ahead and tell them. While they’re distracted trying to count that high, you..

“Congratulations on being even more experienced. I’m not sure what you learned this year, but every experience transforms us into the people we are..

“Just wanted to be the first one to wish you happy birthday so I can feel superior to your other well-wishers. So, happy birthday!”

“It’s birthday time again, and wow! You’re a whole year older now! So clown around and have some fun to make this birthday your best one. Happy..

“Happy birthday to someone who is forever young!”

“On your birthday, I thought of giving you the cutest gift in the world. But then I realized that is not possible because you yourself are the cutest..

“You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime. Happy birthday!”

“As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can’t remember the other two. Happy birthday!”

“Don’t get all weird about getting older! Our age is merely the number of years the world has been enjoying us!”

“Happy birthday to someone who is smart, gorgeous, funny and reminds me a lot of myself… from one fabulous chick to another!”

“Happy Birthday! You know, you don’t look that old. But then, you don’t look that young, either.”

“Happy birthday to one of the few people whose birthday I can remember without a Facebook reminder.”

“Cheers on your birthday. One step closer to adult underpants.”

“Forget about the past, you can’t change it. Forget about the future, you can’t predict it. And forget about the present, I didn’t get you one. Happy..

“You’re older today than yesterday but younger than tomorrow, happy birthday!”