by e.e. cummings
(ponder, darling, these busted statues
of yon motheaten forum be aware
notice what hath remained
–the stone cringes
clinging to the stone, how obsolete
lips utter their extant smile. . . .
remark
a few deleted of texture
or meaning monuments and dolls
resist Them Greediest Paws of careful
time all of which is extremely
unimportant) whereas Life
matters if or
when the your- and my-
idle vertical worthless
self unite in a peculiarly
momentary
partnership (to instigate
constructive
Horizontal
business. . . . even so,let us make haste
—consider well this ruined aqueduct
lady,
which used to lead something into somewhere)
