What shall I say, how is the truth to be said? You were born, you had body, you died. It is just that you never giggled or planned or cried. - Gwendolyn Brooks
" "What shall I say, how is the truth to be said?
You were born, you had body, you died.
It is just that you never giggled or planned or cried.
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About Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks (7 June 1917 – 3 December 2000) was an American poet. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Literature for her book of poems Annie Allen.
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Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks
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