Sunday, November 27, 2005

Another one by ee.....



Talk about playing around with words for a double meaning. Here's another (slightly more scandalous) poem by ee. Enjoy.

she being Brand

-new;and you
know consequently a
little stiff i was
careful of her and(having

thoroughly oiled the universal
joint tested my gas felt of
her radiator made sure her springs were O.

K.)i went right to it flooded-the-carburetor cranked her

up,slipped the
clutch(and then somehow got into reverse she
kicked what
the hell)next
minute i was back in neutral tried and

again slo-wly;bare,ly nudg. ing(my

lev-er Right-
oh and her gears being in
A 1 shape passed
from low through
second-in-to-high like
greasedlightning)just as we turned the corner of Divinity

avenue i touched the accelerator and give

her the juice,good

(it

was the first ride and believe i we was
happy to see how nice she acted right up to
the last minute coming back down by the Public
Gardens i slammed on

the
internalexpanding
&
externalcontracting
brakes Bothatonce and

brought allofher tremB
-ling
to a:dead.

stand-
;Still)

3 comments:

Cyberfish said...

ahhh yeah. That's the stuff.

Cyberfish said...

I know its a little sacriligious to ask about this in an ee cummings post...but I had an idea for a future post. Alan Ginsberg, not just a nerd but a freak! How about "Howl"?

SabilaK said...

Ginsberg is too freaky for my taste! There, I said it! Will I have fans attack me now?