Cummings Poem

[L E Bryan]

I have a ”complete” edition from maybe 40 years ago, but found a poem of his not in it. 

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I can’t recall where I found that. A clear artifact of old typewriters with no separate key for the numeral 1.
 

> On Nov 2, 2017, at 6:31 PM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Recently, I bought a new edition of his complete poems. Great stuff!
> 
> On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 9:03 PM, Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com <mailto:laurakelber at gmail.com>> wrote:
> "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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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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