Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Buffalo Bill



Buffalo Bill


Buffalo Bill’s
defunct
[7 space indent] who used to
[7 space indent] ride a watersmooth-silver
[30 space indent] stallion
[7 space indent] and break onetwothreefourfive pigeonsjustlikethat
[45 space indent] Jesus
he was a handsome man
[23 space indent] and what I want to know is
how do you like your blueeyed boy
Mister Death


e.e. cummings

Posted over on Poems & Poetics

2 comments:

Lane Savant said...

The Duke of Oil is retired.
He used to wield -
a mean 12"
crescent wrench.

I've seen him tune - onetwothreefourfive Peugeots
in a row.

Damn! he was a hellufaguy

What I want to know now is -
How do you like your blue eyed boy,

Meredith?

Anonymous said...

Satirists are parasites, you know that don't you?

...Voltaire