lower case studies

it behooves me, yes, it moves me, to add a poem from one of my favorite authors, e.e. cummings. my lower case history precludes upper case comments so i continue to write in the diminutive as he might continue to do.... so much of our lives can be stated in poetry and the lyric nature of our being demands a rhythm that can only be contained in verse.

to connect to our friend Pooh we hear him recite:

And you are you,

As you can see;

But when you do

The things that you can do,

You will find the Way,

And the Way will follow you.

so here is a poem from e. e. cummings in his own unimitable Way:

you shall above all things be glad and young

you shall above all things be glad and young
For if you're young,whatever life you wear
it will become you;and if you are glad
whatever's living will yourself become.
Girlboys may nothing more than boygirls need:
i can entirely her only love
whose any mystery makes every man's
flesh put space on;and his mind take off time
that you should ever think,may god forbid
and (in his mercy) your true lover spare:
for that way knowledge lies,the foetal grave
called progress,and negation's dead undoom.
I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance

the mirror reflection of our lives is often clearer than

our perception and the lyric nature of the clapotis, or

reflection wave bouncing off of others, is becalmed by

the ultimate nature of our purpose......

take the time to learn how to sing......