Saturday, October 3, 2015

E Pound: The Girl in the Tea Shop

The girl in the tea shop
Is not so beautiful as she was,
The August has worn against her.
She does not get up the stairs so eagerly;
Yes, she also will turn middle-aged,
And the glow of youth that she spread about us
As she brought us our muffins
Will be spread about us no longer.
She also will turn middle-aged.

This is a straightforward poem about the aging process in a woman. It might have deeper meanings than that but it seems simple. She was so beautiful but life has crept up on her.




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