if I should sleep with a lady called death - A poem by e.e. cummings


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e.e. cummings - if I should sleep with a lady called death

if I should sleep with a lady called death
get another man with firmer lips
to take your new mouth in his teeth
(hips pumping pleasure into hips).

Seeing how the limp huddling string
of your smile over his body squirms
kissingly, I will bring you  every spring
handfuls of little normal worms.

Dress deftly your flesh in stupid stuffs,
phrase the immense weapon of your hair.
Understanding why his eye laughs,
I will bring you every year

something which is worth the whole,
an inch of nothing for your soul.

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Poet: e.e. cummings Poem: if I should sleep with a lady called death Poem of the Day: Jun 6 2003 Comment 4 of 4, added on March 1st, 2007 at 8:07 PM. wow went right over my damn head nikki from United States Comment 3 of 4, added on April 26th, 2005 at 11:53 AM. this poem really touched me. i'm doing a project on ee cummings, so i'l probably end up using this one in it! -_^ Hatsumiyo-chan from United States Comment 2 of 4, added on December 5th, 2004 at 5:52 PM. i felt, from the bottom of my heart, that this was a great poem... i am doing a project on this guy and it makes me mad becuase projests suck as$ jesse brenner from Canada More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, if I should sleep with a lady called death, has received 4 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: if I should sleep with a lady called death Last read: Jul 25 2008, 3:45AM Poem of the Day: Jun 6 2003 Viewed 12575 times. Added on December 5th, 2004 at 5:52 PM.

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