This Is Just To Say

(with apologies to William Carlos Williams)

by Lon Prater

I have knocked over
the laser spectrometer
that was in
the lab

and which
you were probably
using
for research

Forgive me
it made such racket
so colorful
and so loud

Copyright © 2005, Lon Prater

In addition to fiction and poetry writing, Lon Prater edits Neverary , a webzine for speculative fiction writers. His fiction has been Honorably Mentioned in Year's Best Horror & Fantasy as well as placed as a Finalist in the Writers of the Future contest. From here on out, he promises to be more careful around laser spectrometers.