suppose - ee cummings
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Life is an old man carrying flowers on his head.
young death sits in a cafe
smiling, a piece of money held between
his thumb and first finger
(i say "will he buy flowers" to you
and "Death is young
life wears velour trousers
life totters, life has a beard" i
say to you who are silent.--"Do you see
Life? he is there and here,
or that, or this
or nothing or an old man 3 thirds
asleep, on his head
flowers, always crying
to nobody something about les
roses les bluets
yes,
will He buy?
Les belles bottes--oh hear
, pas chères")
and my love slowly answered I think so. But
I think I see someone else
there is a lady, whose name is Afterwards
she is sitting beside young death, is slender;
likes flowers.
Life is an old man carrying flowers on his head.
young death sits in a cafe
smiling, a piece of money held between
his thumb and first finger
(i say "will he buy flowers" to you
and "Death is young
life wears velour trousers
life totters, life has a beard" i
say to you who are silent.--"Do you see
Life? he is there and here,
or that, or this
or nothing or an old man 3 thirds
asleep, on his head
flowers, always crying
to nobody something about les
roses les bluets
yes,
will He buy?
Les belles bottes--oh hear
, pas chères")
and my love slowly answered I think so. But
I think I see someone else
there is a lady, whose name is Afterwards
she is sitting beside young death, is slender;
likes flowers.
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Date: 2003-07-09 02:08 am (UTC)Anyway, I liked the poem. Thanks for sharing.
-yuri cocoa
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Date: 2003-07-09 08:48 pm (UTC)i have a book of his poetry that i keep close to bed, read through it on sleepless nights, or otherwise.
thank you.
this was so beautiful.
please post more of your favorites.
xo's.
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Date: 2003-07-23 06:15 am (UTC)comment. :)
i carry one his books with me all the
time, haha, it's just a 100 collected
poems of ee cummings, but it's such a
good selection of his work. i also
found this really interesting one with
an excerpt of his novel and
even some of his poetry set to music.
i'm glad to hear you've fallen in love
with this poem. it really is beautiful.
yay cummings fans!
anyway, hope to see some of your
favorites on here sometime sooon.
and thank you for your commentttt!
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Date: 2003-07-11 01:25 am (UTC)Thanks for posting this.