Dear Gary,
I enjoyed this poem, but I do echo the feeling about noshes. I don't know if
it's a geographical thing ,but in the UK, I've only heard the word
occasionally as humorous slang, and then, as a noun rather than a verb-a bit
of good nosh, for instance. Also, reading it as slang encourages 'tosses' to
be read in the same way, -again I don't know if it's a UK thing, but tosses
used as an intransitive verb has a rather unfortunate connotation.
Kind regards,
grasshopper
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary B" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 8:39 PM
Subject: Green Grapes
Green Grapes
on the corner of Second and Seneca
a pretty girl eats green grapes
from a paper sack
she pulls one out
holds it to the gray-white sky
rolls it between her pink fingers
one in the gutter
then another
one in her mouth
another
and another
she noshes and tosses
until the number 5 bus arrives
throws the bag in a trashcan
pulls up her sagging slip
steps onto the bus
pigeons drop to the street
peck at the grapes
one discarded
one eaten
one on the bottom of a brown shoe
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