Work Text:
I have eaten
the necklace
you were showing
the court
and which
you were going
to have analyzed
for poison
Forgive me
it was dangerous
so crunchy
and so incriminating
Exactly what the title and tags suggest.
The original, by William Carlos Williams:
I'm sure someone must have done this before, but oh well, this is my version.
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I have eaten
the necklace
you were showing
the court
and which
you were going
to have analyzed
for poison
Forgive me
it was dangerous
so crunchy
and so incriminating
I like the interpretation that Phoenix didn't actually eat the necklace, which I explored in A Bluff to Remember, but I think this works either way.