This is just to say [in response]
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    I know you ate the plums I was saving
    for my morning snack today. You are caught
    but I want you to know that I’m glad, not
    angry. I know you liked the juice falling
    down your chin; I was very much looking
    forward to that sensation when I bought
    them and applied the ice so they wouldn’t rot.
    Just make sure you pass on the deed: smiling.

    A quick smile does the world a world of good.
    Easy, both on the lips and on the mind,
    and free unless a few plums are consumed.
    Lifting spirits the way that we all could
    if not for our endless self-resign
    to a realm that through detachment is doomed.

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