Gwendolyn Brooks Quote

A garbageman is dignified
as any diplomat.
Big Bessie's feet hurt like nobody's business,
but she stands—bigly—under the unruly scrutiny, stands in the wild weed.
In the wild weed
she is a citizen.


In the Mecca. The Second Sermon on the Warpland, pt. 4


A garbageman is dignified as any diplomat. Big Bessie's feet hurt like nobody's business, but she stands—bigly—under the unruly scrutiny, stands...

A garbageman is dignified as any diplomat. Big Bessie's feet hurt like nobody's business, but she stands—bigly—under the unruly scrutiny, stands...

A garbageman is dignified as any diplomat. Big Bessie's feet hurt like nobody's business, but she stands—bigly—under the unruly scrutiny, stands...

A garbageman is dignified as any diplomat. Big Bessie's feet hurt like nobody's business, but she stands—bigly—under the unruly scrutiny, stands...