Existing’s tricky:but to live’s a gift.
E. E. CUMMINGS
E. E. CUMMINGS
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E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings A pretty girl who is naked is worth a million statues.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings Lovers alone wear sunlight.
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E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings Existing’s tricky:but to live’s a gift.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings A pretty girl who is naked is worth a million statues.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings And now you are and I am and we’re a mystery which will never happen again.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings Lovers alone wear sunlight.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings And now you are and I am and we’re a mystery which will never happen again.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings Yours is the light by which my spirit’s born: – you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings Yours is the light by which my spirit’s born: – you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars.
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