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The classic poem for this issue of The Fairfield Review was written by William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963), celebrated poet and doctor of the people of Rutherford, New Jersey. With the November elections looming in the U.S., this poem reminds us to pay attention to the pain of poor. --egh Proletarian Portrait By William Carlos Williams A big young bareheaded woman in an apron Her hair slicked back standing on the street One stockinged foot toeing the sidewalk Her shoe in her hand. Looking intently into it She pulls out the paper insole to find the nail That has been hurting her |
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