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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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buy me an ounce and i'll sell you a pound. - Comments and Information

Poet: e.e. cummings (e.e. cummings Art)
Poem: buy me an ounce and i'll sell you a pound.

Comment 7 of 7, added on November 5th, 2009 at 12:45 PM.
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industrial live program part few community

thorndikes from Algeria
Comment 6 of 7, 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 7, added on March 14th, 2007 at 9:53 AM.

dis poem wuz tottally awsome dude! he rox my sox

dynamyte from United States

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