This is just to say

August 6, 2024 @ 5:50 am · Filed by under Humor

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A poem by Dan Perkins:

You'll need to be signed into a bluesky account to follow the link, which is why I presented it as a .png.

And you'll need to know the the background story about RFK Jr. and the bear cub — see e.g. "RFK Jr admits dumping bear carcass in New York's Central Park", BBC 8/5/2024, or his own video posted on X:

And finally, you need to recall the William Carlos Williams poem "This Is Just To Say":

I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold

August 6, 2024 @ 5:50 am · Filed by under Humor


4 Comments

  1. Roscoe said,

    August 6, 2024 @ 11:53 am

    If it's modernist American bear-carcass-themed poetry you're after:
    https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42679/the-bear

  2. Benjamin E. Orsatti said,

    August 6, 2024 @ 12:48 pm

    I have read
    the post
    that was on
    Language Log

    and thought that
    "bluesky" was a
    Единая Россия
    chat group

    Forgive me
    I may have divulged
    state secrets
    Дмитрию Медведеву

  3. J.W. Brewer said,

    August 6, 2024 @ 3:25 pm

    @Benjamin O.: с праздником!

  4. Rick Rubenstein said,

    August 6, 2024 @ 3:36 pm

    Harris campaign: "Trump and Vance are weird."
    RFK Junior: "Hold my bear."

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