Mark Phillips' Pages: Workbook: 10/14/11: Wonder how old she is.

Romare Bearden, "Return of the Prodigal Son" (1967) — Romare Bearden, *Return of the Prodigal Son* (1967)

October 14, 2011:

Wonder how old she is. So small she seems a child, immature fingers and little girl's sad sad eyes. Then you see the silver strands in her braid, and the furrow that sometimes appears between her eyes reflects centuries of some deep and mysterious worry.