E. E. Cummings: XAIPE 27

"summer is over
-- it's no use demanding
that lending be giving;
it's no good pretending
befriending means loving"
(sighs mind:and he's clever)
"for all, yes for all
sweet things are until"

"spring follows winter:
as clover knows, maybe"
(heart makes the suggestion)
"or even a daisy --
your thorniest question
my roses will answer"
"but dying's meanwhile"
(mind murmurs;the fool)

"truth woud prove truthless
and life a mere pastime
-- each joy a deceiver,
and sorrow a system --
if now than forever
could never(by breathless
one breathing)be" soul
"more" cries:with a smile