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To a Poor Old Woman

04/28/2026 14:58h
Highlight Actions Enable or disable annotations 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 Comforted When originally published in the journal Smoke(Autumn 1934), the line read: “Comforted, Relieved—” a solace of ripe plums seeming to fill the air They taste good to her