The Millennial Pedestrian

E. E. Cummings wrote a number of poems to spring, but this one is his most joyous (although the little lame balloonman may have a dark side. He is, after all, "goat-footed"). 

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 betttyandisabel come dancing

from hop-scotch and jump-rope and

it’s
spring
and
    the

goat-footed

balloonMan        whistles
far
and
wee

This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 21st, 2007.
It's part of the Prose category.
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