va-g-y

Updated: May 12, 2025

He rose. He went quickly to his paillasse. He neither moved nor spoke nor responded to the calls for more music, to the cries of "Bis!" "Bien joue!" "Allez!" "Va-g-y!" He was crying, quietly and carefully, to himself ... quietly and carefully crying, not wishing to annoy anyone ... hoping that people could not see that Their Fool had temporarily failed in his part.

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