"If plums were meant to be God's candy, then why didn't he call them candy?" - Shawn Spencer

Personally, I took a lot of meaning out of this poem. So if you think my analysis is a little delusional, just scrub the next five minutes out of your mind.

I feel like the narrator of this poem is torn. He's apathetic about his spouse's feelings to a degree, by eating the plums he knows they were saving for breakfast, but he has the heart to write a note confessing his crime. Which makes me think of one thing- he's stuck in a relationship that he doesn't want anymore. He's stuck between wanting to leave and not wanting to hurt the feelings of someone he's invested in. So what does he do? I turns passive aggressive almost, in a "Ha! I can't actually hurt you cause we've been at this relationship too long, but I can eat your plums!" Maybe that's a little mean.

I also don't believe that the last stanza is talking about the plums anymore. Maybe he's almost asking for forgiveness for wasting her time. She was sweet, but cold and he wanted that at some point in time but he doesn't anymore, so he's apologizing. For not only taking the plums he didn't really want, but also for taking her.

Okay, that was deep. Here's my stab at a poem. It's a little savage, not gonna lie.

...

I have left

to go get 

coffee with Sarah

tonight

Find some dinner 

in the freezer

I'll be back late

Forgive me

I was looking

for good company