[sic] poem, dude! by Graham Duncan

Graham Duncan is an alum of Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina, and a graduate student at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He is also a writer. He can be reached at ghduncan001@converse.edu.


[sic] poem, dude!

I have spelled
‘apple’ correctly
since first grade.

But for some
reason, today,
I began typing
‘aplle’ instead.

Change
is a part
of life,
I
sup-
pose…

My friend says “that’s aplling news.”
I say I find it quinteesentially Amreican.

As Amreican
as
aplle
pie.