I caught a bird which made a ball <br />And they thought better of it. <br />But it is all of which they taught <br />That they were in a hurry yet <br />In a kind of a way they meant it best <br />That they should change in and on account <br />But they must not stare when they manage <br />Whatever they are occasionally liable to do <br />It is often easy to pursue them once in a while <br />And in a way there is no repose <br />They like it as well as they ever did <br />But it is very often just by the time <br />That they are able to separate <br />In which case in effect they could <br />Not only be very often present perfectly <br />In each way whichever they chose. <br />All of this never matters in authority <br />But this which they need as they are alike <br />Or in an especial case they will fulfill <br />Not only what they have at their instigation <br />Made for it as a decision in its entirety <br />Made that they minded as well as blinded <br />Lengthened for them welcome in repose <br />But which they open as a chance <br />But made it be perfectly their allowance <br />All which they antagonise as once for all <br />Kindly have it joined as they mind<br /><br />Gertrude Stein<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/stanzas-in-meditation-stanza-i/
