(a reply to William Carlos Williams’ This is just to say)
got your note
(juice-stained).
those particular ones
I was saving
in the freezer
for a time
with a lover
(not the first or third
but perhaps
the fifth), when
unhurried at midnight
cold luscious luxury
melts into sweet
mess by a heat
you now
won’t know.
I hope they were
worth it.
Image: c/- maxpixel. The William Carlos Williams poem is here. Written for Dverse where Lillian asks us to consider fridges and iceboxes. And if you haven’t seen it – check out Jim Jarmusch’s wonderful Paterson
Peter Frankis writes 
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Completely great. The multiple lovers the best.
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Loving this reply note on fridge to Carlos Williams’ poem 🙂 ESPECIALLY “I hope they were worth it!”
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Thanks Lillian, WCW’s poem always seemed to me to be such a thin half-felt apology.
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This is great…much hotter than the reply Williams wife actually wrote (it was a ‘good wife’ reply)
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Ha. I just found it – thanks. Will all that fodder, makes you wonder why he chose the plums 🙂
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an easy quick snack 🙂
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Ah! When I saw your title I knew it had to be connected to WCW – that is a favorite of mine – I often have my students write from it in the same way. What you have done here is so filled with longing and regret, and a tinge of bitter. The last line is a kicker.
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Nice response to Williams’ poem especially noting the juice-stained note and the lover.
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I’ll never look at plums the same way again. Or WCW. She showed him! Haha! Awesome.
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That’s pretty hot, my wife wouldn’t pay any attention unless it was chocolate
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Wonderful response and a great read!
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Cool reply! I love that WCW’s note was juice-stained!
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Thanks Kim, I imagined him as a messy midnight eater in a hurry, tho being a doctor he probably wasn’t, he probably sat down with the plums and a sharp knife (something from his bag perhaps) and dissected each in turn over a plate. 😀
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I concur with everyone else, but Peter, it’s your use of linebreaks that makes this quite exceptional.
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lovely riposte, great take on the prompt.
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Ha.. yes this was a great response… a sour response especially the last lines…
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Wow. She nailed him so sweetly.
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As clever a rejoinder as I’ve ever read! Let WCW stew in his plum juices!
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