http://literaryrepose.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] literaryrepose.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] greatpoetry2008-10-05 05:39 pm

Frances Cornford (granddaughter of Charles Darwin) - To a Fat Lady Seen from the Train

O why do you walk through the fields in gloves,
Missing so much and so much?
O fat white woman whom nobody loves,
Why do you walk through the fields in gloves,
When the grass is soft as the breast of doves
And shivering-sweet to the touch?
O why do you walk though the fields in gloves,
Missing so much and so much?