Originally posted on sciy.org by Rich Carlson on Mon 02 Apr 2007 07:03 PM PDT
one can sense a touch of e.e. cummings in the following ferlinghetti piece and the innocence of the song is a welcome variation from some of the Beats more indulgent themes
From
'A Coney Island of the Mind'
Number 20
The pennycandystore beyond the El
is where I first
fell in love
with
unreality
Jellybeans glowed in the semi-gloom
of that september afternoon
A cat upon the counter moved among
the licorice
sticks
and tootsie rolls
and Oh Boy Gum
Outside the leaves were falling as they
died
A wind had blown away the sun
A girl ran in
Her hair was rainy
Her breasts were breathless in the
little room
Outside the leaves were falling
and they cried
Too
soon! too soon!
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