Possible Clues:

• "Am __ picky?"
• "Am ___ late?" ("Is it over?")
• ''Ditto''
• '__ lived–Brooklyn, of ample hills, was mine': Whitman
• 'Am ___ early?'
• 'Am __ early?'
• '___ know what it's like ...'
• 'Was ___ hard on them?'
• 'Same goes for me,' tersely
• Hughes poem that mentions 'the darker brother'