Why do I write today? The beauty of
the terrible faces
of our nonentities
stirs me to it: colored women
day workers—
old and experienced—
returning home at dusk,
in cast off clothing
faces like
old Florentine oak.


"Apology" - Al Que Quiere! (1917)

Wikisource Al Que Quiere!/Apology


Why do I write today? The beauty of the terrible faces of our nonentities stirs me to it: colored women day workers— old and experienced—...

Why do I write today? The beauty of the terrible faces of our nonentities stirs me to it: colored women day workers— old and experienced—...

Why do I write today? The beauty of the terrible faces of our nonentities stirs me to it: colored women day workers— old and experienced—...

Why do I write today? The beauty of the terrible faces of our nonentities stirs me to it: colored women day workers— old and experienced—...