A Gift for Dylan From

A Gift for Dylan

From a collection with a Greek Title that has letters that look like XAIPE.

6 e.e.cummings dying is fne)but Death

?o
baby
i

wouldn't like

Death if Death
were
good:for

when(instead of stopping to think)you

begin to feel of it, dying
's miraculous
why?be

cause dying is

perfectly natural; perfectly
putting
it mildly lively(but

Death

is strictly
scientific
& artificial &

evil & legal)

we thank thee
god
almighty for dying

(forgive us, o life!the sin of Death

I am not a fan of cummings, but I found this, for some reason deeply affecting and deeply true in a way that few poems have been. I note the only capital in the poem is Death. That speaks volumes in itself. More than that, I cannot say right now. Except perhaps a thank you to Dylan for the introduction.