The poet's aunts have both the soft, round bodies and the sweetness of pears
Explanation:
First, the Poet talks about the aunts' physical shape: <em>"My aunties, like pears, have swelled at the waits as they ripened"</em>. Then, about who they were: <em>"Not with the swelling of infection or with bloated self-importance, but in a natural, easy flow, as if all the goodness of their lives were trickling down to their laps, making a soft refuge for a child"</em>. They were sweet to be around. So they were like a pear in both senses.
