"I have eatenthe 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, "This Is Just To Say"
"I have eaten
"When you're three days down the highway
"We're all lonely for something we don't know we're lonely for. How else to explain the curious feeling that goes around feeling like missing somebody we've never even met?"
"Dear and most respected bookcase! I welcome your existence, which has for centuries been devoted to the radiant ideals of goodness and justice."
"Grief is like the ocean, it comes in waves, ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim."