Cummings Poem

[Laura Kelber]

"A salesman is an it that stinks Excuse" is one of my favorites.

On Nov 2, 2017 3:05 PM, "L E Bryan" <lebryan at sonic.net> wrote:

> One of my favorite poets. Those damned up-floating bells get me all the
> time.
>
> On Nov 2, 2017, at 1:52 AM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen <lorentzen at hotmail.de>
> wrote:
>
>
> if i
>
> or anybody don't
> know where it her his
>
> my next meal's coming from
> i say to hell with that
> that doesn't matter (and if
>
> he she it or everybody gets a
> bellyful without
> lifting my finger i say to hell
> with that i
>
> say that doesn't matter) but
> if somebody
> or you are beautiful or
> deep or generous what
> i say is
>
> whistle that
> sing that yell that spell
> that out big (bigger than cosmic
> rays war earthquakes famine or the ex
>
> prince of whoses diving into
> a whatses to rescue miss nobody's
> probably handbag) because i say that's not
>
> swell (get me) babe not (understand me) lousy
> kid that's something else my sweet (i feel that's
>
> true)
>
> (E. E. Cummings: 100 Selected Poems, # 52)
>
>
>
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