e. e. cummings 

my sweet old etcetera

aunt lucy during the recent

war could and what

is more did tell you just

what everybody was fighting

for,

my sister

isabel created hundreds

(and

hundreds) of socks not to

mention shirts fleaproof earwarmers

etcetera wristers etcetera, my

mother hoped that

i would die etcetera

bravely of course my father used

to become hoarse talking about how it was

a privilege and if only he

could meanwhile my

self etcetera lay quietly

in the deep mud et

cetera

(dreaming

etcetera, of

your smile

eyes knees and of your etcetera)

         -e e cummings (my sweet old etcetera)

Edward Estlin Cummings.  1894 - 1962.  American poet, known for the eccentricity of his typography and punctuation, employed in order to indicate the rhythm of the poem immediately to the eye of the reader.  His work consists of love poems, often treated in a romantic and even sentimental manner, humorous character sketches, and bitter satires on the foibles and institutions of his time.