Gwendolyn Brooks, "The Bean Eaters"

I think the first stanza is about an old, impoverished couple that usually eat beans together during dinner. The second stanza talks about how they have lived good lives, and although they are no longer at the peaks of these lives they still go through the day to day motions they are supposed to in order to keep going. The final stanza talks about how they like to remember the old times and all the good and bad things that have happened, the "twinklings and twinges." Eating the beans reminds them of the past and it is a way for them to share memories. This poem feels kind of nostalgic but I feel comforted by the fact that they are able to have and share these memories.