This Is Also Just To Say (for William Carlos Williams)

I have not only eaten
the plums I mentioned earlier
but also I drank that magnum
of Veuve Cliquot

and don't even look for
the large platter
of shrimp puffs and
other assorted hors d'oeuvres
in the ice box

Forgive me
I was drunk
from the aforementioned champagne
and also stoned

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other things
julys