V--2nd: icebox - alternative ending

[Heikki Raudaskoski]

This is Just to Fail

I have given
up the
hosting of
the new year

which all
of you probably
knew I
would bunk off

Forgive me
you are seditious
so warm
and so cool


Heikki Juhani Raudaskoski, 2010




On Wed, 15 Dec 2010, Heikki Raudaskoski wrote:

>
>
> 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
>
>
>
> This is Just to Fail
>
> I have given
> up the
> hosting of
> the new year
>
> which all
> of you probably
> knew I
> would bunk off
>
> Forgive me
> you are nutritious
> so sweet
> and so cold
>
>
> Heikki Juhani Raudaskoski, 2010
>