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[โ€“] 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)
  • 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

(This Is Just To Say, William Carlos Williams)

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

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    So succinct, so poetic.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 2 months ago*

    oops! Sorry. It's a recent (well, compared to the original) parody/homage/whatever of the poem:

    • This is just to say
    • I have eaten
    • the rich
    • that were at
    • the golf club
    • and which
    • you were probably
    • saving
    • for class war
    • Forgive me
    • they were delicious
    • so white
    • and so old

    It was posted on Twitter by "your friend Helen" (@hels) many years back. I assume they were the author but I really don't know.

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