ROBERT WHITMORE and ARTHUR RIDGEWOOD, M.D. by Frank Marshall Davis.

Robert Whitmore

Having attained success in business
possessing three cars
one wife and two mistresses
a home and furniture
talked of by the town
and thrice ruler of the local Elks
Robert Whitmore
died of apoplexy
when a stranger from Georgia
mistook him
for a former Macon waiter...

Arthur Ridgewood, M.D.

He debated whether
as a poet
to have dreams and beans
or as a physician
have a long car and caviar.
Dividing his time between both
he died from a nervous breakdown
caused by worry
from rejection slips
and final notices from the Finance company...

From the Negro Caravan; edited by Brown, Lee, and Davis. Reprinted by permission of Arno Press.

Reference:
Frank Marshall Davis