7 July 2019: Day Five: "This Is Just to Say," by Starlee Kine.

Day five: "This Is just to Say" Series, click the link for more info.

"This Is Just to Say," by Starlee Kine. 

One, 

I chose the other 
girl. I'm sorry. 
It's not just that 
I'm more attracted 
to her. 
It's also that 
she is more 
interesting. 

Two, 

I used your dog 
as an excuse 
to pick up girls 
at the dog park, 

which is especially 
tacky since I'm 
your boyfriend. 
Please forgive me. 
I'm really bad at 
being in a relationship, 
and I'm pretty sure 
I told you that when \
we first got together

4 July 2019: "This Is Just to Say" Day Two by Kenneth Koch

Day two: "This Is just to Say" Series, click the link for more info.

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

                                                                  1

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.

                                                                  2

We laughed at the hollyhocks together

and then I sprayed them with lye.

Forgive me. I simply do not know what I am doing.

                                                                  3

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.

                                                                  4

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!