speaking of love(of
which Who knows the
meaning;or how dreaming
becomes
if your heart’s mind)i
guess a grassblade
Thinks beyond or
around(as poems are
made)Our picking it. this
caress that laugh
both quickly signify
life’s only half(through
deep weather then
or none let’s feel
all)mind in mind flesh
In flesh succeeding disappear
– e. e. cummings
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it’s an odd poem but it expresses cummings’ feelings about love.