Munching
W C Williams
To a Poor Old Woman
munching a plum on
the street a paper bag
of them in her hand
They taste good to her
They taste good
to her. They taste
good to her
You can see it by
the way she gives herself
to the one half
sucked out in her hand
Comforted
a solace of ripe plums
seeming to fill the air
They taste good to her
To a Poor Old Yeoman
sucking a thumb in
the field a filthy one
of them in his mouth
It tastes foul to him
It tastes foul
to him. It tastes
foul to him
You can see it by
the way he gives himself
to the filthy nail
still dark with dirt
Uncomforted
a cursing of raw thumbs
seeming to fill the field
It tastes foul to him
After WC Williams
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Ralph
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