in Just-
spring when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame balloonman
whistles far and wee
and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it's spring
when the world is puddle-wonderful
the queer
old balloonman whistles
far and wee
and bettyandisbel come dancing
from hop-scotch and jump-rope and
it's spring
and the goat-footed
balloonMan whistles
far
and
wee
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in Just-
spring when the world is mud-
the whole poem is brilliant, but this particular phrase is just perfection.
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amazing
From guest Martha (contact)
I love ee cummings. He epitomizes what poetry is all about and sings to my soul. -
ya gotta wonder about that balloonman, goat-footed and all....
I loved this poem, along with everything else by cummngs, when I was 14. I tried to write like him! HA!
perhaps this is a metaphor for sexual awakening, I don't know.
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