Gertrude Stein

Here you will find the Poem Stanzas In Meditation: Stanza XV of poet Gertrude Stein

Stanzas In Meditation: Stanza XV

Should they may be they might if they delight 
In why they must see it be there not only necessarily 
But which they might in which they might 
For which they might delight if they look there 
And they see there that they look there 
To see it be there which it is if it is 
Which may be where where it is 
If they do not occasion it to be different 
From what it is. 
In one direction there is the sun and the moon 
In the other direction there are cumulus clouds and the sky 
In the other direction there is why 
They look at what they see 
They look very long while they talk along 
And they may be said to see that at which they look 
Whenever there is no chance of its not being warmer 
Than if they wish which they were. 
They see that they have what is there may there 
Be there also what is to be there if they may care 
They care for it of course they care for it. 
Now only think three times roses green and blue 
And vegetables and pumpkins and pansies too 
Which they like as they are very likely not to be 
Reminded that it is more than ever necessary 
That they should never be surprised at any one time 
At just what they have been given by taking what they have 
Which they are very careful not to add with 
As they may easily indulge in the fragrance 
Not only of which but by which they know 
That they tell them so.