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(Me up at does)

by E. E. Cummings

E. E. Cummings

Me up at does
out of the floor
quietly Stare
a poisoned mouse
still who alive
is asking What
have i done that
You wouldn't have




Quotes of the Day

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
• W. Somerset Maugham


Poems of the Day
  • Henry van Dyke
    Reliance
    by Henry van Dyke
    Not to the swift, the race: Not to the strong, the fight: Not to the righteous, perfect grace: Not to the wise, the light. But often faltering feet Come surest to the goal;