रविवार, 9 मई 2010

my love is building a building




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my love is building a building
around you,a frail slippery
house,a strong fragile house
(beginning at the singular beginning
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of your smile)a skilful uncouth
prison,a precise clumsy
prison(building thatandthis into Thus,
Around the reckless magic of your mouth)
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my love is building a magic,a discrete
tower of magic and(as i guess)
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when Farmer Death(whom fairies hate)shall
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crumble the mouth-flower fleet
He'll not my tower, 
                                                     laborious, casual
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where the surrounded smile
                                                 hangs
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                                                                            breathless
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e. e. cummings
art by Sandy Eastoak,  http://www.sandyeastoak.com/
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