Poem by Edward Estlin Cummings

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maggie and milly and molly and may
went down to the beach (to play one day)

and maggie discovered a shell that sang
so sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles,and

milly befriended a stranded star
whose rays five languid fingers were;

and molly was chased by a horrible thing
which raced sideways while blowing bubbles: and

may came home with a smooth round stone
as small as a world and as large as alone.

For whatever we lose(like a you or a me)
it’s always ourselves we find in the sea

1. when serpents bargain
2. i like my body when it is with your
3. pity this busy monster, manunkind
4. sometimes i am alive because with
5. as freedom is a breakfastfood

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