Eating
It was a shame it was a shame to stare to stare and double and relieverelieve be cut up show as by the elevation of it and out out more in thesteady where the come and on and the all the shed and that.
It was a garden and belows belows straight. It was a pea, a pea pour itin its not a succession, not it a simple, not it a so election, electionwith.
Words in this poem
- relieve v. t.
- To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise. Piers Plowman. [OE. releven, F. relever to raise again, discharge, relieve, fr. L. relevare to lift up, raise, make light, relieve; pref. re- re- + levare to raise, fr. levis l]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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Eating is in the public domain. This text is taken from Tender Buttons: Objects, Food, Rooms, Project Gutenberg ebook #15396; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Gertrude Stein, Eating, in Tender Buttons (1914), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #15396, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/stein-tender-buttons/food-eating-2.html, id L28729.
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