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LA GUERRE: 1 by EDWARD ESTLIN CUMMINGS

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First Line: THE BIGNESS OF CANNON
Last Line: THE NIGHT UTTER RIPE UNSPEAKING GIRLS.
Subject(s): WAR;

the bigness of cannon
is skilful,

but i have seen
death's clever enormous voice
which hides in a fragility
of poppies. . . .

i say that sometimes
on these long talkative animals
are laid fists of huger silence.

I have seen all the silence
full of vivid noiseless boys

at Roupy
i have seen
between barrages,

the night utter ripe unspeaking girls.



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