Justice Clarence Thomas Ate My Fucking Plums
By Christina Bagni
after William Carlos Williams
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the ice box
and which
you were probably
relying on
forever
Forgive me
you didn’t deserve them
they were always
mine to take
Forgive me
but the icebox
was always meant
to be empty
it came that way
and that’s how god
told me
it should be
So I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the ice box
to return order
to your cold
empty
world
I did it for you,
you see.
Forgive me.
Christina Bagni’s creative work has been published in Asterism, Lit202, and Underground Literary Magazine, among others. She is the Chief Editor at Wandering Words Media and a writer on the Captain Bitcoin comic book series. Her first novel is forthcoming with Deep Hearts YA (2023).
Photo credit: Public domain.
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