from "Variations on a Theme by William Carlos Williams" by Kenneth Koch

[queerbychoice]

I chopped down
the house
that you had been
saving
to live in
next summer.

I am sorry,
but it was morning,
and I had nothing to do
and its wooden beams
were so inviting.

. . .

I gave away
the money
that you had been
saving
to live on
for the next
ten years.

The man
who asked for it
was shabby
and the firm
March wind
on the porch
was so juicy
and cold.

. . .

Last evening
we went dancing
and I
broke your leg.

Forgive me.
I was clumsy,
and I wanted you
here in the wards,
where I am the doctor.

(I discovered this via a comment rivka left in mittelschmertz's journal.)

Comments

[joxn.livejournal.com]

It reminds me of this brilliant piece from the Holy Tango of Poetry (http://www.modernhumorist.com/mh/0005/anagram/) -- a collection which attempts to answer the question, "what if poets wrote poems whose titles were anagrams of their names?":

I Will Alarm Islamic Owls
by William Carlos Williams

I will be alarming
the Islamic owls
that are in
the barn

and which
you warned me
are very jittery
and susceptible to loud noises

Forgive me
they see so well in the dark
so feathery
and so dedicated to Allah

[queerbychoice.livejournal.com]

That is the absolute best thng ever.

You are now my official favorite finder of very weird poetry.

on thuesday may 30th 2002 you left this comment in my old lj

[dj-cut-out.livejournal.com]

which was 1withthefetus

I have a code you can use, if you're still looking for one.

But along the way I wanted to say: I just read through all of your website, and a considerable amount of your journal, and you're completely brilliant, your stories "Teenagers" and "Incurables" are absolutely amazing, and I really don't want you to ruin your life with drugs or suicide because the world needs you. Aside from that I don't really know what to say - just that the world has quite enough drug addicts and dead teenagers already, and you have the talent to accomplish much more useful and long-lasting things if you're willing to bother working as hard as it takes.

Anyway, here's a code for you, because I trust that you'll use it well.

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i'm going to add you to my friends list. i hope you add me back.