E.E. Cummings

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Complete Poems

1904-1962

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(1925)

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POST IMPRESSIONS

VIII suppose

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suppose

Life is an old man carrying flowers on his head.

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young death sits in a cafe

smiling,a piece of money held between

his thumb and first finger

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(i say «will he buy flowers» to you

and «Death is young

life wears velour trousers

life totters,life has a beard» i

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say to you who are silent.—»Do you see

Life?he is there and here,

or that,or this

or nothing or an old man 3 thirds

asleep,on his head

flowers,always crying

to nobody something about les

roses les bluets

yes,

      will He buy?

Les belles bottes—oh hear

,pas cheres»)

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and my love slowly answered I think so. But

I think I see someone else

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there is a lady,whose name is Afterwards

she is sitting beside young death,is slender;

likes flowers.

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Traducción de José Casas en

«Buffalo Bill ha muerto», antología poética bilingüe

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