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Gwendolyn Brooks

“Surely--But I am very off from that.
From surely. From indeed. From the decent arrow
that was my clean naivete and my faith.
This morning, men deliver wounds and death.
They will deliver death and wounds tomorrow.
And I doubt all. You. Or a violet.”

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tags: doubt, romance, war
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The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks: (American Poets Project #19) The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks: by Gwendolyn Brooks
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