This is Just to Say

After listening to a This American Life episode about phony apologies, I wrote a poem using 

as a template William Carlos Williams' famous poem, This is Just to Say

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

This is Just to Say

By Suzanne Swint

I threw

your file

in the trash

The one

on which

you probably

spent

your best hours

Forgive me

this is the way things work

you should

learn