Eating
Eat ting, eating a grand old man said roof and never never re solubleburst, not a near ring not a bewildered neck, not really any such bay.
Is it so a noise to be is it a least remain to rest, is it a so old sayto be, is it a leading are been. Is it so, is it so, is it so, is it sois it so is it so.
Eel us eel us with no no pea no pea cool, no pea cool cooler, no peacooler with a land a land cost in, with a land cost in stretches.
Eating he heat eating he heat it eating, he heat it heat eating. He heateating.
A little piece of pay of pay owls owls such as pie, bolsters.
Will leap beat, willie well all. The rest rest oxen occasion occasion tobe so purred, so purred how.
It was a ham it was a square come well it was a square remain, a squareremain not it a bundle, not it a bundle so is a grip, a grip to shed bayleave bay leave draught, bay leave draw cider in low, cider in low andgeorge. George is a mass.
Words in this poem
- ting n.
- A sharp sound, as of a bell; a tinkling. [An imitative word. Cf. Tink.]
- cooler n.
- That which cools, or abates heat or excitement.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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Cite as: Gertrude Stein, Eating, in Tender Buttons (1914), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #15396, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/stein-tender-buttons/food-eating.html, id L28728.
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