by E. E. Cummings
maggie and milly and molly and may
went down to the beach（to play one day）
and maggie discovered a shell that sang
so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles，and
milly befriended a stranded star
whose rays five languid fingers were；
and molly was chased by a horrible thing
which raced sideways while blowing bubbles：and
may came home with a smooth round stone
as small as a world and as large as alone.
For whatever we lose（like a you or a me）
it's always ourselves we find in the sea