They are among the brightest and most attractive of small creatures though you have to be prepared f
They are among the brightest and most attractive of small creatures though you have to be prepared for the look of horror on the faces of out-of-town guests when a large roach walks across the floor as you are sipping drinks. You reach out and swat, and keeping the conversation going pick up the corpse and drop it into an ashtray feeling very New Yorky doing it. After all, you’ve got to be tough to live here— the visitor didn’t make it. —Edward Field, “Roaches,” 1953 (excerpt)Drawing: Seymour Chwast via NY Observed: Artists & Writers Look at the City -- source link
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