in Just-

in Just-  (1920)  by Edward Estlin Cummings

First published in The Dial, vol. LXVIII, no. 5 (May 1920). New York: The Dial Publishing Company, Inc.

in Just-
spring      when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame baloonman

whistles      far      and wee

and eddyandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it's
spring

when the world is puddle-wonderful

the queer
old baloonman whistles
far       and       wee
and bettyandisbel come dancing

from hop-scotch and jump-rope and

it's
spring
and
       the
             goat-footed

baloonMan       whistles
far
and
wee

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