Will You Please Allow Me to Apologize, Please?

These are true statements, by and large unsaid, to people who are important to me.

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March 2024 update: this poem has been picked up by Cutleaf and was published in the journal’s March 2024 flash nonfiction issue. Click here to read it, and keep an eye out for its print debut in Cutleaf’s anthology later this year.

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This poem is named after Raymond Carver’s
terrific short-story collection, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?

Here’s the companion poem, Will You Please Allow Me to Show Gratitude, Please?

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Image above from the production archive of His Bathrobe Pockets Stuffed with Notes, by Raymond Carver.

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