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)
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3 comments:
ahhh yeah. That's the stuff.
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"?
Ginsberg is too freaky for my taste! There, I said it! Will I have fans attack me now?
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