this is just to say (something about cannibalism)

[rwx]

I have eaten
the bums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold

original famous poem to be found here, small change.

Comments

[rackletang.livejournal.com]

William Corprew Williams?

[bosstweed.livejournal.com]

I laughed far harder at that than it probably deserved. But thank you -- it perked me up.

[dnereverri.livejournal.com]

Oh, man. I remember that poem. And "Variation on a Theme by William Carlos Williams", the homage poem by someone else that replaces plums in the icebox with tamales on the stove.

I think those two poems (in sophomore year high school English class) were what convinced me poetry was a dead loss for a good decade or so.

[dnereverri.livejournal.com]

That said... Your version gives it the dignity and respect it deserves. Well done!