cummings often manages a balance between cryptic and intimate, between playful and deep.
I’d never before read this particular piece; it’s beautiful.I wish I knew the title, I found the image on Facebook.
You are tired (I think).
ee cummings titles are usually the first or first two lines of the poem
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le
af
fa
lls)
one
liness
ee cummings
lmao. Sorry, I was reading this and initially got a totally different vibe than (I hope) was intended: you’re tired, don’t tell anyone where you’re going, just come with me to a place no one knows about where they won’t be able to find you and I can help you ‘sleep’ … - signed, local serial killer
…is that not what this is? Or a suicide pact? I’m very much getting a Don’t Fear the Reaper vibe.
I remember studying ee cummings in high school. Our teacher thought he was a hack. Later I learned that my teach was Will Shakespeare and he time traveled to try to revive the sonnet.
yea a good one