She being Brand
Author | Cummings, Edward Estline |
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Genre | Poetry |
Journal or Book | E.E. Cummings: Complete Poems 1904-1962 |
Publisher | Liveright |
Year of Publication | 1926 |
Pages | 246 |
Additional information | - |
she being Brand
-new;and you
know consequently a
little stiff i was
careful of her and(having
thoroughly oiled the universal
joint tested my gas felt of
her radiator made sure her springs were O.
up,slipped the
clutch(and then somehow got into reverse she
kicked what
the hell)next
minute i was back in neutral tried and
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lev-er Right-
oh and her gears being in
A 1 shape passed
from low through
second-in-to-high like
greasedlightning)just as we turned the corner of Divinity
car partdrivingengineoilgendermetaphorhapticdrivingpleasuresublimemetaphor
her the juice,good
(it
was the first ride and believe i we was
happy to see how nice she acted right up to
the last minute coming back down by the Public
Gardens i slammed on
the
internalexpanding
&
externalcontracting
brakes Bothatonce and
brought allofher tremB
-ling
to a:dead.