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, 1934, _This is Just to Say_
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, 1934, _This is Just to Say_
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