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"in Just" by e. e. cummings

Balloon_man_crosley

(This remarkable photo is by John Crosley, appropriated from here.)

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

whistles far and wee

and eddieandbill 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

-- e. e. c. (1894-1962)