December 15th, 2010
  • suppose
  • Life is an old man carrying flowers on his head.
  • .
  • young death sits in a cafe
  • smiling, a piece of money held between
  • his thumb and first finger
  • .
  • (i say "will he buy flowers" to you
  • and "Death is young
  • life wears velour trousers
  • life totters, life has a beard" i
  • .
  • 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")
  • .
  • and my love slowly answered I think so. But
  • I think I see someone else
  • .
  • there is a lady, whose name is Afterwards
  • she is sitting beside young death, is slender;
  • likes flowers.
  • - e.e. cummings