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Peasant head, by Pieter Brueghel the Elder
William Carlos Williams

William Carlos 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

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