And I Imagine
(and i imagine never mind Joe agreeably cheerfully remarked when surrounded by fat stupid animals the Jewess shrieked the messiah tumbled successfully into the world the animals continued eating. And i imagine she, and heard them slobber and in the darkness) stood sharp angels with faces like Jim Europe
And I Imagine - meaning Summary
Irony of Belief and Indifference
The poem juxtaposes casual, crude voices and animal imagery with sudden religious and visionary moments. Mundane chatter and indifferent consumption coexist with a shriek about a Jewess, the arrival of a messiah, and an image of angels bearing the name Jim Europe. Cummings compresses conflicting registers—comic, brutal, prophetic—into a brief, disorienting fragment that questions how revelation or holiness is perceived amid everyday apathy.
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