This is Just to Say

I have returned
the panini maker
that your great aunt
gave us
for our wedding

and which
was the only gift
I took with me
when I left
with your best man

Forgive me
you were possessive
and boring
and Bradley already has a panini maker

This is Just to Say

I have killed
the cat
that was sleeping
beneath
the back tires
of my car

and which
was your favorite
pet
from childhood

Forgive me
she was old
so toothless
and smelly
and you know I'm not a cat person

This is Just to Say

I have eaten
the sandwiches
that were in
your back pack

and which
you were probably
saving
for lunch

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so peanutbuttery

-William Gabby Williams

Here in the garden
among the snakes and apples
we discover pants

Poetry and All

The Garden Gnome

so much depends
upon

a stout garden
gnome

glazed with gutter
water

beside the white
kittens

-William Gabby Williams

Poetry and All

This is Just to Say

I have washed
the sweater
that was dry clean
only

and which
you probably
spent
a lot of money on

Forgive me
but dry cleaning is expensive
and inconvenient
and I hated that sweater.

-William Gabby Williams

Comments for the Cosmos

March came in like a lion and out like a kidney stone