e.e. cummings - Favourite poems and quotes
In your eyes there lies
a green Egyptian noise.
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To be nobody but yourself
in a world which is
doing its best, day and night, to make
you like everybody else means
to fight the hardest battle which any
human being can fight;
and never stop fighting!
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Me up at does
Me up at does
Out of the floor
quietly stare
a poisoned mouse
Still who alive
is asking What
have I done that
you wouldn't have
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a total stranger one black day
knocked living the hell out of me -
who found forgiveness hard because
my (as it happened) self he was
- but now that fiend and i are such
immortal friends the other's each
a green Egyptian noise.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To be nobody but yourself
in a world which is
doing its best, day and night, to make
you like everybody else means
to fight the hardest battle which any
human being can fight;
and never stop fighting!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Me up at does
Me up at does
Out of the floor
quietly stare
a poisoned mouse
Still who alive
is asking What
have I done that
you wouldn't have
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
a total stranger one black day
knocked living the hell out of me -
who found forgiveness hard because
my (as it happened) self he was
- but now that fiend and i are such
immortal friends the other's each