“I pass you my Poem! — to tell you
we are all vulnerable”

— Gwendolyn Brooks

the midget, the Mighty,
the richest, the poor.
Men, women, children, and trees.
I am vulnerable.
"Song of Winnie"
Winnie (1988)

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American writer 1917–2000

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