276 oDE
E. E. Cummings
oDE
o
the sweet & aged people
who rule this world(and me and
you if we’re not very
careful)
O,
the darling benevolent mindless
He—and She—
shaped waxworks filled
with dead ideas(the oh
quintillions of incredible
dodderingly godly toothless
always-so-much-interested-
in-everybody-else’s-business
bipeds)OH
the bothering
dear unnecessary hairless
o
ld
“oDE” by E.E. Cummings was published in Is 5 in 1926. It is in the public domain.
