Dancers. e. e. cummings (American, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1894–1962 North Conway, New Hampshire). ca. 1922. Ink and graphite on paper. H. 25-1/8, W. 19-3/8 inches (63.8 x 49.2 cm.). Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art open access.
(once like a dream)
if woman-man hold
a dance-
not separate, not distinct
(only one)
moving neither
nor grounded
(only swirl)
her not not him
imagined;
only real
-really, once
in her dream
if woman-man(who
now gone, we soon
too)touch in mind:
asleep
(and dance)
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