Monday, August 04, 2003
Maggie and Mille and Molly and Mae
e. e. cummings
Maggie and Mille 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
Millie 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.
e. e. cummings
Maggie and Mille 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
Millie 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.