Parsing ee cummings 54

Shona's Shennanigans

Sometimes it helps to read and take it line by line, taking the meanings as they emerge.

Perhaps god is a child.

Perhaps god is a child's hand.

Both could be true.

And sometimes, it helps to read the text first without the parenthesis, adding them later when you can figure out the sentence.

And sometimes, you still don't get it when you are finished. Like that ending...