cummings and goings - un hommage

cummings and goings

(with apologies to e e)



today
mud-lucious
puddle-wonderful

things
appearing

to be

far and wee
now
near and free

balloonmen coming
snowmen going

look-
the lame
the marbled
the pirated
the queer
come dancing and whistling

balloons purpled, blued, reddened
held high
let's let them go and watch them/we rise

and we the goat-footed
know the truth

there is no such thing as spring
only forsythia and gasoline


BarbaraVallette©2004