APPLE PICKING

After Apple-Picking
After apple picking is a suicide note left by a man who jumped off of a ladder at the top of an apple tree. After a long life of apple picking, he simply could not take any more, "The rumbling sound of Load on Load of Apples coming in For i have had too much". This man was tormented by the never ending task of apple picking, and even though his soles were sore from long days atop the ladder, he still had no time to collect all the apples. Even worse he occasionally dropped apples and even though they were not damaged, he through them away "as of no worth" You may notice that fall is also a motif of the story, he uses the word to describe the ice he drops and breaks and again as he drops the apples. Clearly he is hinting toward his impending doom.