1 <br />I chopped down the house that you had been saving to live in next summer. <br />I am sorry, but it was morning, and I had nothing to do <br />and its wooden beams were so inviting. <br /> <br /> 2 <br />We laughed at the hollyhocks together <br />and then I sprayed them with lye. <br />Forgive me. I simply do not know what I am doing. <br /> <br /> 3 <br />I gave away the money that you had been saving to live on for the <br /> next ten years. <br />The man who asked for it was shabby <br />and the firm March wind on the porch was so juicy and cold. <br /> <br /> 4 <br />Last evening we went dancing and I broke your leg. <br />Forgive me. I was clumsy and <br />I wanted you here in the wards, where I am the doctor!<br /><br />Kenneth Koch<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/variations-on-a-theme-by-william-carlos-williams/
