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into the strenuous briefness

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into the strenuous briefness (1920)
by Edward Estlin Cummings

First published in The Dial, May 1920.

292874into the strenuous briefness1920Edward Estlin Cummings
into the strenuous briefnessLife:handorgans and Aprildarkness, friends
i charge laughing.Into the hair-thin tintsof yellow dawn,into the women-coloured twilight
i smilinglyglide. Iinto the big vermilion departureswim, sayingly;
(Do you think?) thei do, worldis probably madeof roses & hello:
(of solongs and, ashes)


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