I. This is just to say

by Linda Kemp

I have stolen

the red panties

that were in

the hamper

and which

you were probably

saving

for laundry day.

Forgive me

I had to smell them

they were delicious

so sweet

and so hot.

II. Ed Dorn's parody of William's "This Is Just To Say"

by Ed Horn

the hazards of a later era:

variation on a theme

I would like to thank you

for the plums that were

in the ice-box, but

I'm afraid I just can't

do it--in the first place

it's not an ice-box, and the plums

having come from California

are a mix of over-ripe

and hard-as-rocks,

both undesirable states,

no doubt shot through

with systemic chemicals.

Add to all that

the fact that I put

them there myself

and you have

the whole sorry picture.

III. A student Comment

From: kscott@sas.upenn.edu (Karen E Scott)

Posted-Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 01:44:48 -0500

Subject: WCW-plums

To: filreis88@dept.english.upenn.edu

Just wanted to send to everyone a note that one of my roommates left for

another one today. She innocently put this on the refrigerator,

not knowing the "poeticness" of it. Does it sound familiar?:

"I ate some (actually a lot) of your lemon bars that you received

today...I was stressing real bad...Sorry...Hope you had fun tonight!"

It doesn't contain the imagery of WCW, but his presence is there

(although my roommate probably doesn't realize it!). Well that's all.

Karen Scott

I would like to thank Linda Kemp for her kind permission to reproduce her version of 'This is just to say' - I think it's brilliant. :-)