Into the Smiting, by E. E. Cummings

E. E. Cummings

Into the Smiting

into the smiting

sky tense

with

blend

ing

the

tree leaps

a stiffened exquisite

wait the sweet

annihilation of swift

flesh

i make me stern against

your charming strength

O haste

annihilator

drawing into you my enchanting

leaves

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