My main reaction when I first read this poem is that the people in this poem were proud and satisfied, and showed a lot of humility, “Dinner was a casual affair.”(2). This poem made me think about how the people in the poem was living so simple, I think I would be able to live the simple life like the older couple in the poem. I mean, do I really need a fancy computer, or even get to eat the food of my choosing such as Zaxby’s. The couple in the poem doesn’t have much at all, “As the lean over the beans in their rented back room” (11). I felt so embarrassed for the generation today after reading this poem, because we take the little things in life for granted.
