<div class="legacy-text">Some say<br />it was a pear<br />Eve ate.<br />Why else the shape<br />of the womb,<br />or of the cello<br />Whose single song is grief<br />for the parent tree?<br />Why else the fruit itself<br />tawny and sweet<br />which your lover <br />over breakfast<br />lets go your pear-<br />shaped breast<br />to reach for?<br /> -Linda Pastan</div>