Apology Poem

Here's another prompt that asked me to write an apology poem, like William Carlos Williams' famous poem about the plums.

This Is Just To Say  

by William Carlos Williams

I have eaten

the plums

that were in

the icebox

and which

you were probably

saving

for breakfast

Forgive me

they were delicious

so sweet

and so cold

So here's mine:

Late

I know the golden minutes

of my son’s education 

must be cherished

And 10 minutes

past the bell 

is unacceptable.

But surely the 

school board doesn’t want

mommies at work without pants.