Thursday, April 24, 2008

I'm Sorry You're Offended

This Is Just To Say
by William Carlos Williams

I have eaten

the plums

that were in

the icebox



and which

you were probably

saving

for breakfast



Forgive me

they were delicious

so sweet

and so cold

2 comments:

Alissa Wilkinson said...

Hmm, was someone recently listening to This American Life? ;)

Elizabeth said...

Totally. This was just too good to pass up :). I wish I could have posted them all!