By F.J. Bergmann
Forgive me
for backing over
and smashing
your red wheelbarrow.It was raining
and the rear wiper
does not work on
my new plum-colored SUV.I am also sorry
about the white
chickens.
Note: "An Apology" was a finalist for the 2003 James Hearst Poetry Prize and appeared in The North American Review Vol. 288, No. 2.
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