wheres e e cummings when you need him.
i noticed
this while
taking out
the
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this is a;
.poem ~?
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In 10th grade Miss Marley informed us that e e cummings was a Highly Distinguished Poit who wrote Highly Distinguished Poims. If we wanted to Speak Ekritly, we must Learn To Appreciate Poit Ry. She then played a 78-rpm record of cummings. The following Youtube clip is the same recording, made slightly less nauseous by a pleasant introduction that wasn't on Miss Marley's record:
This is what I was thinkinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng about.
I wonder if all those grim old schoolmarms understood what they were doing. Did they really believe that they were Imbuing Raw Youth with a Love of Precious Culture, or were they intentionally sabotaging the culture that had deprived them of attractiveness and love? I can understand the latter.