Ed Dorn's parody of William's "This Is Just To Say"

the hazards of a later era:
variation on a theme

I would like to thank you 
for the plums that were 
in the ice-box, but
I'm afraid I just can't
do it--in the first place
it's not an ice-box, and the plums
having come from California
are a mix of over-ripe
and hard-as-rocks,
both undesirable states,
no doubt shot through
with systemic chemicals.
Add to all that
the fact that I put
them there myself
and you have
the whole sorry picture.

--Ed Dorn

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