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dissection: e/e/cummings

sterilize,prep
insert silver stick pins
into all four corners
stakingouta(((truthcannotescape)))claim

select a Cubismic
scalpel,steel
much cleaner,keener
than etymology or science
press,slice,separate,reassemble

release its essence
sanguine ink

bl
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ed
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ng

upon bleached innocence
below

what the right lobe
now sees
blinds its numb er clinical twin

at best a monstrous re creation

at worst a

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Written by LeColonel

Published 29th Jan 2015

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Re: dissection: e/e/cummings

Anonymous

- Edited 29th Jan 2015 2:40pm

29th Jan 2015 2:25pm

e.e. cummings is my favorite! i think this does him much justice.

like this very much!

LeColonel

29th Jan 2015 2:33pm

Thanks, I wrote this one for one of my poetry classes last year. I read a collection of his poetry and then had to write an apprentice poem in his style. My professor liked it as well.