Original artwork, not a still
e.e. cummings
if you like my poems let them walk in the evening,a little behind you then people will say "Along this road i saw a princess pass on her way to meet her lover(it was toward nightfall)with tall and ignorant servants." if you like my poems let them
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker imagines poems following someone like attendants behind a princess going to meet her lover. The fancy gives poetry a subordinate place in the reader’s journey; the repeated unfinished opening remains.
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