anyone lived in a pretty how town

by E. E. Cummings

any()NE Lived in a /O/~3TT`/ ho\\/ ~|~()|/\|n
(|/\|!+# Up SO /=|_()a+i|\|9 m4|\|Y 8[-ll5 DOwN)
SPrI/vg S|_|mmer 4u~|~|_|m/v wI|\|~|~e/~
he sa|\|g |-|is c|1d|\|'t he |)@NCed his d!d

wo|v|e/v @|\|[> mE/v(8oTh /_1ttL3 4n[> $MaLl)
C4r3[> For an`/()|\|[- No~|~ a~|~ @Ll
+#e`/ S()w3d th3I/^ ISn'+ th3y /^e4pec| ~|~HE!/~ $4mE
s(_)|\| moo/v STArS ra!N

cH1/_d/^[-/v 9u[-Ss3|)(bu~|~ 0n|_`/ a f3W
aN[> |)oW|\| ~|~#ey forgOT aS up t|-|ev/ g/^Ew
Au~|~(_)m|\| wI/v~|~3/~ s/>ri/vg $U|v||\/|3r)
thaT |\|o()n[- |_0\/ed hi|v| |v|0R[- bY |\/|oRE

|/\||-|en bv/ /v()|/\| A|\|d ~|~/~[-e bv/ /_[-4/=
s#3 /_a(_)Gh[-[> HIS Jo`/ 5h3 (r!ED |-|15 g/~i3F
|3i/~[> 8y S|\|Ow a|\|[> sT1R by sTill
a/vy0nE's 4Ny waS A/_|_ ~|~0 He/~

5OMe()/ve5 |v|ARrie|) TH[-!r [-vEry0|\|e5
l@(_)gh3d theIr [/^Y1NgS an[> d!c| t|-|EiR [>a/v(3
($/_eep \\/Ak3 #o/>3 ANd ~|~#eN)theY
5ai|) tH3!/^ n[-Ve/^5 Th[-v/ s|_[-/>t +h31/^ [>/^ea|\/|

Star5 ra1/v S(_)/v M()On
(aNd 0nlY T|-|e $/v()W [aN b39!n to e></O|_A!n
ho|/\| CHild/^3/v 4/~3 a/Ot t0 f0RG3t t0 /~3m3Mb[-r
Wi~|~h uP s() fLoaT!ng mANy beLL$ d()w|\|)

0n3 |)@y 4NYonE dIe|) I g(_)3ss
(@|\|d No0|\|[- s+o0PeD tO ki$s |-|is ph@CE)
|3(_)$Y folk |3|_|rIE[> THEm sic|E by sidE
/_It~|~le by |_1t~|~|_[- a/vd WA$ |3y |/\|as

4|_L |3Y @ll @/v|) c|E3/O |3v/ dE[-P
@/vd moRe 8y m()R[- T#[-y dR34|v| t|-|Ei/^ s/_[-e/O
nooN3 @nd 4/vv/o/ve 34RTH bv/ a/>r1/_
w1s|-| bY $pi/~it anD !/= by `/es.

Women aNc| me/v(bo+# doNg A|\||) c|i|\|G)
su|v||\/|e/~ A|_|~|~uMn |/\|InT3R s/>/~i|\|g
/~[-4pEc| The!r So\\/!N9 aN[> |/\|3n~|~ ~|~He!r came
SU/v moon Stars /~AIn