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4.32: Poem: In Just

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    In Just
    Author: E. E. Cummings
    ©1920

    in Just-
    spring      when the world is mud-
    luscious the little
    lame baloonman

    whistles      far      and wee

    and eddyandbill come
    running from marbles and
    piracies and it’s
    spring

    when the world is puddle-wonderful

    the queer
    old baloonman whistles
    far       and       wee
    and bettyandisbel come dancing

    from hop-scotch and jump-rope and

    it’s
    spring
    and
    the
    goat-footed

    baloonMan       whistles
    far
    and
    wee

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