Tusks
First published in Spring: The Journal of the E. E. Cummings Society #7, October 1998, page 93.
See also “E. E. Cummings Updates His Facebook Page” and “E. E. Cummings—Not for Mostpeople.” +
Why did Cummings
have this thing for elephants?
Was it something about
the length of the nose
the size of the ears
or the bulk of their persuasion?
Why did Cummings
have this thing for elephants?
Did he somehow need something
to feel smaller than
a belief that tusks
are more valuable than ivory?