Stanzas In Meditation: Stanza XV

By Gertrude Stein

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.