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e.e. cummings - a total stranger one black day

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

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Poet: e.e. cummings
Poem: a total stranger one black day

Comment 13 of 13, added on October 23rd, 2007 at 3:40 PM.

he was scared "living the hell" out of his mind when he found his true self. he couldn't forgive himself for not finding it sooner. now his front and true self live in harmony. it seems to cut off at the end

Megan from United States
Comment 12 of 13, added on February 19th, 2006 at 1:19 PM.

i think you must accept how you are, and never try to put a different face, i like this poem very much, because i have realise that you are only who you are, and nothing more.

Germán from Colombia
Comment 11 of 13, added on February 14th, 2006 at 10:25 PM.

I think this poem is about realizing that maybe we can't always be who we want, and sometimes we end up beating ourselves up over it, but in the end we learn to deal with it.

Alaynna from United States

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