This is Just to Say

"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 (1934)​

As the morning begins​

all the thoughts are of you​

some are insane, indecent​

[SIZE=4]decadent.[/SIZE]​

[FONT=Centaur][SIZE=4]I think of your back[/SIZE][/FONT]​

[CENTER][FONT=Centaur][SIZE=4]shirtless and warm[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][FONT=Centaur]


[CENTER][FONT=Centaur][SIZE=4]laying still on that bed[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][FONT=Centaur]


[CENTER][FONT=Centaur][SIZE=4]calling out for a game.[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][FONT=Centaur]



[CENTER][FONT=Centaur][SIZE=4]I am famished.[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][FONT=Centaur]



[CENTER][FONT=Centaur][SIZE=4]I know it’s early yet[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][FONT=Centaur]


[CENTER][FONT=Centaur][SIZE=4]but my mind is a clock[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][FONT=Centaur]


[CENTER][FONT=Centaur][SIZE=4]tic toc, it says, tic toc[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][FONT=Centaur]


[CENTER][FONT=Centaur][SIZE=4]I wish you awake[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][FONT=Centaur]



[CENTER][FONT=Centaur][SIZE=4]I brought fruit today[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][FONT=Centaur]


[CENTER][FONT=Centaur][SIZE=4]each is a bright red[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][FONT=Centaur]


[CENTER][FONT=Centaur][SIZE=4]making love, the tray[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][FONT=Centaur]


[CENTER][FONT=Centaur][SIZE=4]apples we will share[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][FONT=Centaur]


[CENTER][FONT=Centaur][SIZE=4]and breakfast in bed.[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][FONT=Centaur][/font][/font][/font][/font][/font][/font][/font][/font][/font][/font][/font][/font][/font]