— Poems about Plums —

James Finn Garner is the best-selling author of “Politically Incorrect Bedtime Stories,” “Apocalypse Wow,” and “Once Upon a More Enlightened Time.” His work has appeared in The New York Times, The American Bystander, and many other publications.

So you’ve eaten
the plums
I put in
the icebox

which I was
(and you knew this)
saving
for breakfast

This is why
you have no friends,
this and all the other
passive-aggressive bullshit

James Finn Garner

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