into the strenuous briefness

Portrait of e.e. cummings
e.e. cummings 1894–1962

into the strenuous briefness Life: handorgans and April darkness, friends

i charge laughing. Into the hair-thin tints of yellow dawn, into the women-coloured twilight

i smilingly glide. I into the big vermilion departure swim, sayingly;

(Do you think?) the i do, world is probably made of roses & hello:

(of solongs and, ashes)

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  1. Billie Elliott Mallison United States

    The first stanza describes how I feel about life as I am turning 60 in April. I want to charge laughing into the rest of my days with e.e. cummings; what a pick me up!

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