[hist whist]

[hist whist]

by E. E. Cummings

hist      whist

little ghostthings

tip-toe

twinkle-toe

 

little twitchy

witches and tingling

goblins

hob-a-nob     hob-a-nob

 

little hoppy happy

toad in tweeds

tweeds

little itchy mousies

with scuttling

eyes    rustle and run     and

hidehidehide

whisk

 

whisk     look out for the old woman

with the wart on her nose

what she’ll do to yer

nobody knows

 

for she knows the devil     ooch

the devil     ouch

the devil

ach     the great

 

green

dancing

devil

devil

 

devil

devil

        wheeEEE

 

[hist whist here]