soonness

Updated: May 16, 2025

I am saying good-bye to les deux balayeurs. I have again given him a franc and I have given Garibaldi a franc. We had a drink a moment ago on me. The tavern is just opposite the gare, where there will soon be a train. I will get upon the soonness of the train and ride into the now of Paris. No, I must change at a station called Briouse did you say, Good-bye, mes amis, et bonne chance! Merde!

E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings - The Enormous Room