This is just to say

I ran across this poem recently, I really like it. Not only is it iconic, it’s brutal and hilarious.

This is just to say

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

-William Carlos Williams

And here are some I wrote in emulating the original.

This is just to say,
I just realized I never loved you.
I know you were saving your love for someone special
And you thought it was me

I was pretending those two years
Sorry if you’re hurt
I was lonely
And you are wealthy.

This is just to say,
I have been cleaning the toilet with your toothbrush
I realize you reserve it for your teeth only
but you drank my last beer

forgive me if you get a vicious mouth infection
the toilet now sparkles
you thanked me for cleaning it