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Since feeling is first, and syntax is lies, To enscribe you, my darling little jay, I would have to ask, "Is there any way?" Not of mimsy guise and anything-dyes, But of nоnce-nonsense and everything-sighs, Keep these thoughts pastiche on a wayward bay, And perhaps leave them, removed on display, Entirely altogether? You are this fool's  ". . ." ". . ." as  '. . .' but  ". . ." Lea ve me ". . ." on, a . . . A skip!         for, ". . .   &      . . ."    "can"t; f o r get (love ". . .") and you, ". . ."
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MikeAEyslee
18 / M
Published
Jan 31, 2020
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18·105
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inspired by some cummings (as evident by the spacing and the obvious allusion to his work, "since feeling is first"). also, "Jabberwocky" for the nоnce word. sonnets are annoying to write.

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