Saturday Verse: "To a Fat Lady Seen from the Train" - Frances Cornford

3/24/2017

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 through the fields in gloves,
         Missing so much and so much?

                                                          - Frances Cornford