Category e. e. Cummings

I’m very fond of

I’m very fond ofblack beansoup(O i’mveryfond of blackbean soupYes i’m very fondof black bean soup)Buti don’t disdaina beef-steak Gimme gin&bitters toopen myeyes(O gimmegin&bitters to openmy eyesYes gimme gin&bittersto open my eyes)Butill take straight rum asa night-cap Nothing like a blonde…

“she had that softness which is falsity”

“she had that softness which is falsity”he frowned “plus budding strictly chasms ofuninnocence for eyes:and slipperya pseudomind,not quite which could believe in anything except most far from soitself(with deep roots hugging fear’s sweet mudshe floated on a silly nonworld’s howprecarious…

come from his gal’s

come from his gal’salf whistle songmeet frankiegang“join us or else”“what for i should”alf drop like dead gang grow&growgrab all the dougheveryone givewho want to livewe small it strongit right we wrong so goodbye alfyou just a bumgo fug yoseselfbecause freedumbmeans…

bud(spiggy nuvduh fienus

bud(spiggy nuvduh fienus cundry unduh fuggnwurl WhoRay)this do odling uth with one muddy fut parked on yon polished readingru mtable is a foollfledged sooperstoodent of what was harvard yoo niversity until a fewlate unpleasantnesses made edewcation trew ly youniversal by…

in hammamet did camping queers et al)

in hammamet did camping queers et al)with caverns measureless to man and howlest which your worships deem apocryphalo get a load of yonder arab now bowed by the gaze of pederasts he queensupon his toe and minces at the sandthe…

the phonograph may(if it likes)be prophe

the phonograph may(if it likes)be prophetic:for instance let me recount to you,inSapphics quite dissimilar unto A.Swinburne’s the adventure of Our Ezra,delver in mines strictly aesthetic(short aes long as it happens by exception)subjects,per what is loosely called aVictor Victrola —then right…

out of bigg

out of bigg est the knownunbarn‘son tiptoe darkne ss boyandgirlcomeinto a sunwor ld 2 to be blessed byfloatingareshadows of ove r us-you-me a ngel s