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Dear Ian:

Cheating a bit here, but I want to throw this one out there. I know that I have mentioned Whitman (who, though separated by over a century, I still consider a friend). I want to introduce you another friend. e e cummings. He wrote his own rules, too.

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

whistles. . far. . and wee --
and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it's
spring

when the world is puddle-wonderful
the queer
old balloonman whistles
far and wee
and bettyandisbel come dancing

from hop-scotch and jump-rope and

it's
spring
and
. .the
. .goat-footed
balloonMan. . whistles
far
and
wee
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May life always be mud luscious and puddle wonderful and seen with the eyes of a child.