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02 Feb 07 - 02:52 PM (#1955898) Subject: Lyr Req: E.E. Cummings From: GUEST,TooBlues Hi, Is Anyone familiar with a poem called "The Boys I mean (are not refined)", supposedly by E.E. Cummings ? I'm trying to get the full version of it... |
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02 Feb 07 - 03:22 PM (#1955927) Subject: Lyr Add: the boys i mean are not refined (cummings From: Charlie Baum the boys i mean are not refined e e cummings [1935] the boys i mean are not refined they go with girls who buck and bite they do not give a fuck for luck they hump them thirteen times a night one hangs a hat upon her tit one carves a cross on her behind they do not give a shit for wit the boys i mean are not refined they come with girls who bite and buck who cannot read and cannot write who laugh like they would fall apart and masturbate with dynamite the boys i mean are not refined they cannot chat of that and this they do not give a fart for art they kill like you would take a piss they speak whatever's on their mind they do whatever's in their pants the boys i mean are not refined they shake the mountains when they dance |
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02 Feb 07 - 03:33 PM (#1955935) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: E.E. Cummings From: Fliss with up so floating many bells down:) |
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02 Feb 07 - 07:50 PM (#1956120) Subject: RE: Req: ee cummings-the boys i mean are not refined From: mack/misophist I have a hunch there's a context to this. Does any one know it? Such as, 'what boys does he mean anyway?' |
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02 Feb 07 - 09:47 PM (#1956187) Subject: RE: Req: ee cummings-the boys i mean are not refined From: Charley Noble Well, that's one I wasn't familar with. Thanks! My best guess of "who the boys are" in this poem is that they're a bunch of lads who went to an all male college in the 1960's as I did. What a weird distorted institution we found ourselves in. It's a miracle we were able to reintegrate ourselves back into society. Charley Noble |