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November 21, 2012

Wednesday Poem

i like my body when it is with your body

i like my body when it is with your
body. It is so quite new a thing.
Muscles better and nerves more.
i like your body. i like what it does,
i like its hows. i like to feel the spine
of your body and its bones, and the trembling
-firm-smooth ness and which i will
again and again and again
kiss, i like kissing this and that of you,
i like, slowly stroking the, shocking fuzz
of your electric fur, and what-is-it comes
over parting flesh . . . . And eyes big love-crumbs,

and possibly i like the thrill

of under me you so quite new


by e.e. cummings

Posted by Jim Culleny at 06:32 AM | Permalink

Comments


Wonderful!

Posted by: waqnis | Nov 22, 2012 12:00:17 PM

the correct wording is "so quite new" - not "quite so new"

Posted by: Susan Crutchfield | Nov 23, 2012 3:07:18 AM

Ooh
Thank you for posting this.

Posted by: thea | Nov 23, 2012 6:40:34 PM

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