Have you dug the spill
Of Sugar Hill?
Cast your gims
On this sepia thrill:
Brown sugar lassie,
Caramel treat,
Honey-gold baby
Sweet enough to eat.
Peach-skinned girlie,

 Throughout the poem, Hughes is referring to the skin tones of African American women in Harlem. He uses beautiful and tasty words to describe them as he alludes to how much he wants them.
Harlem Sweeties