Poem by Edward Estlin Cummings

* * *

dying is fine)but Death
 
?o
baby
i
 
wouldn't like
 
Death if Death
were
good:for
 
when(instead of stopping to think)you
 
begin to feel of it,dying
's miraculous
why?be
 
cause dying is
 
perfectly natural;perfectly
putting
it mildly lively(but
 
Death
 
is strictly
scientific
& artificial &
 
evil & legal)
 
we thank thee
god
almighty for dying
(forgive us,o life!the sin of Death

1. next to of course god america i
2. i have found what you are like
3. it may not always be so
4. All in green went my love riding
5. because i love you

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