I think this is my favorite poem

[lauralh]

I'm one of those people who doesn't really like poetry, but there's quite a few that I like. This one by EE Cummings is pretty good.

The boys I mean

the boys i mean are not refined
they go with girls who buck and bite
they do not give a fuck for luck
they hump them thirteen times a night

one hangs a hat upon her tit
one carves a cross in her behind
they do not give a shit for wit
the boys i mean are not refined

they come with girls who bite and buck
who cannot read and cannot write
who laugh like they would fall apart
and masturbate with dynamite

the boys i mean are not refined
they cannot chat of that and this
they do not give a fart for art
they kill like you would take a piss

they speak whatever's on their mind
they do whatever's in their pants
the boys i mean are not refined

they shake the mountains when they dance

Comments

[hotcrab.livejournal.com]

this reminds me of my contour friends

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

heh, hadn't thought of that. a friend of mine was talking about poetry, and I showed him that one...

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[hotcrab.livejournal.com]

ee cummings is one of the few poets i can stomache

[greywanderer.livejournal.com]

stomach + ache = stomache? poetry gives you indigestion

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[hotcrab.livejournal.com]

i wasn't sure about that spelling
but i was in a hurry