Tuesday, May 2, 2023

maggie and milly and molly and may by e e cummings

 


maggie and milly and molly and may 

went down to the beach(to play one day)


and maggie discovered a shell that sang 

so sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles, and


milly befriended a stranded star

whose rays five languid fingers were;


and molly was chased by a horrible thing 

which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and


may came home with a smooth round stone 

as small as a world and as large as alone.


For whatever we lose(like a you or a me) 

it’s always ourselves we find in the sea




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