Of course, you can write about yeoman with filthy thumbs--but who has, besides me?
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
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Ralph
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