The Breezes Taste of Apple Peel - John Updike
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John Updike - Mother Picks Chrysanthemums[/caption]
John Updike - Mother Picks Chrysanthemums[/caption]
The breezes taste
Of apple peel.
The air is full
Of smells to feel-
Ripe fruits, old footballs,
Burning brush,
New books, erasers,
Chalk, and such.
The bee, his hive,
Well-honeyed hum,
And Mother cuts
Chrysanthemums.
Like plates washed clean
With suds, the days
Are polished with
A morning haze.
- John Updike
