buy me an ounce and i'll sell you a pound. - A poem by e.e. cummings


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e.e. cummings - buy me an ounce and i'll sell you a pound.

buy me an ounce and i'll sell you a pound.
Turn
gert
(spin!
helen)the
slimmer the finger the thicker the thumb(it's
whirl,
girls)
round and round

early to better is wiser for worse.
Give
liz
(take!
tommy)we
order a steak and they send us a pie(it's
try,
boys)
mine is yours

ask me the name of the moon in the man.
Up
sam
(down!
alice)a
hole in the ocean will never be missed(it's
in,
girls)
yours is mine

either was deafer than neither was dumb.
Skip
fred
(jump!
neddy)but
under the wonder is over the why(it's
now,
boys)
here we come

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Poet: e.e. cummings Poem: buy me an ounce and i'll sell you a pound. Comment 6 of 6, added on July 12th, 2007 at 3:55 PM. This poem seems very sneaky and provocative. I love it and I'm considering using it for an annotation at school. Lory from United States Comment 5 of 6, added on March 14th, 2007 at 9:53 AM. dis poem wuz tottally awsome dude! he rox my sox dynamyte from United States Comment 4 of 6, added on April 4th, 2006 at 9:58 AM. Uh, I think this is rather graphic. I may be wrong, but this sounds rather sexual. Dean from Brunei Darussalam, Negara More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, buy me an ounce and i'll sell you a pound., has received 6 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by e.e. cummings with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: e.e. cummings Poem: buy me an ounce and i'll sell you a pound. Last read: May 9 2008, 10:49AM Viewed 13590 times. Added on April 4th, 2006 at 9:58 AM.

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