This Is Just To Say - William Carlos Williams

I love this poem...it reminds me of that nursery rhyme about Little Jack Horner, who was eating the Christmas pie, and put in his thumb, then pulled out a plum and said "What a good boy am I!" Of course here I picture Little Jack Horner in the corner looking all guilty about the plums he has eaten and saying "What a bad boy am I!" It also makes me think of a post-it note a guilty husband would stick to the fridge..."Sorry hun, I ate the plums you had in the icebox...I'm sure you were saving them for breakfast, but forgive me anyway." It's so cute and so simple. I really do want to forgive him, because I can so relate to eating something or taking something away that was not meant to be used until later, or it was for someone else, but I had to take it because it was too tempting and just took control over me!

I would like to know why he doesn't use any punctuation in this poem. I can see the enjambment happening from the first stanza to the next, but it makes it all the more confusing when you reach the third stanza, because then you have to realize the stop. He does make up for it by capitalizing the first letter of the first word in the third stanza, but still...I don't understand why there is absolutely no punctuation, especially at the end of the second stanza. And also there should be some sort of punctuation after the second line in the third stanza, because when you read it, there should be a slight pause, to think about the sweetness and temptation of these plums.

Maybe he's trying to make his apology quick.