They Taste Good

I love the simplicity and joy of this poem by 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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