V--2nd: icebox

[Heikki Raudaskoski]

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