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 of course people on Twitter decided to turn the poem into a meme by combining it with pop culture references.
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Like this hilarious spin on Lou Bega's song "Mambo No. 5":
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Or this tribute to Smash Mouth's song "All Star" (because, of course):
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A remix of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song:
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A shout-out to Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe":
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No song was safe. There was even a meme rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah":
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The Killers' "Mr. Brightside":
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Barenaked Ladies' "One Week":
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Eminem's "Lose Yourself":
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Linkin Park's "In the End":
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Avril Lavigne's "Complicated":
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John Lennon's "So This Is Christmas":
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Weezer's "Say It Ain't So":
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We are truly living in a Mad World.
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God bless the internet.