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If

If freckles were lovely, and day was night,
And measles were nice and a lie warn't a lie,
    Life would be delight,-- 
    But things couldn't go right 
    For in such a sad plight 
I wouldn't be I.

If earth was heaven and now was hence,
And past was present, and false was true,
    There might be some sense 
    But I'd be in suspense 
    For on such a pretense 
You wouldn't be you.

If fear was plucky, and globes were square,
And dirt was cleanly and tears were glee
    Things would seem fair,-- 
    Yet they'd all despair, 
    For if here was there 
We wouldn't be we.

Poem by E.E. Cummings

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