Gwendolyn Brooks Middle

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    “You have no word for soldiers to enjoy
    The feel of, as an apple, and to chew
    With masculine satisfaction. Not “good-by!”
    “Come back!”or “careful!” Look, and let him go.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “The intellectual damn
    Will nurse your half-hurt. Quickly you are well.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “Death cut the strings that gave me life,
    And handed me to Sorrow,
    The only kind of middle wife
    My folks could beg or borrow.”
    —Countee Cullen (1903–1946)