The Sweetest Poem Ever

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

(William Carlos Williams, "This Is Just To Say")

A poem that is so simplistic that might be mistaken with an ordinary note left on a fridge and filled with sensuality and senses like touch and taste so much that can be definitely called more than a note. It could be a note for a wife or to a loved-one, the author admits to having eaten plums intended for someone's breakfast and begs for understanding. Expressed in a nice gentle way, the poem can be said to be both serious and good-humoured, loving and sarcastic. Being so simple and straightforward, the poem probably does not intend to express more than the information of eating the plums and explaining his behaviour (mind you, it is his, not her, typical for men, isn't it? ;P) and full stop, without too much wondering and pondering over the words. But, on the other hand..... :) it can symbolize the first sin of a man in the garden, eating the fruit from the restricted tree, typical for humans in general - not being able to resist the temptation. And if I were curious enough to go deeper, I could penetrate the poem with further interpretations. For instance, could the "plums" be the girl's virginity that she had been keeping in her "icebox" and "saving them" till the day that he eventually took it? At least he said that it was worth it... Whatever the interpretation, receiving such a note or poem from a boyfriend and finding it on the door of the fridge would put a smile on a girl's face, certainly.