They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair,
Dinner is a casual affair.
Plain chipware on a plain and creaking wood,
Tin flatware.
Two who are Mostly Good.
Two who have lived their day,
But keep on putting on their clothes
And putting things away.
And remembering…
Remembering, with twinklings and twinges,
As they lean over the beans in their rented back room
that is full of beads and receipts and dolls and
cloths, tobacco crumbs, vases and fringes.
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what is the tone of the poem? WHat information can you glean about the couple based on the authors description of them and their meal? What is the author suggesting when she notes that they "keep putting on their clothes"? -
I have always liked this poem of hers.
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