For Whom The Bell Tolls

The grapes were hiding in the fridge,
their little stems shaking up a storm.

They feared the monster William Carlos Williams.
The well-known heathen glutton bruten.

He spared no corn on the cob.
Not even black bananas.

Peaches, plums, and oranges were his prey.
Thank God he’s not a carnivore,

his wife is rumored to have said.
To whom, we do not know.