Study Nature

By Gertrude Stein
I do.   
    Victim.
    Sales   
    Met   
    Wipe   
    Her   
    Less.
    Was a disappointment
    We say it.
                     Study nature.   
    Or
    Who   
    Towering.
    Mispronounced
    Spelling.
    She   
    Was   
    Astonishing
    To
    No   
    One   
    For   
    Fun
                     Study from nature.   
    I
    Am   
    Pleased
    Thoroughly
    I
    Am   
    Thoroughly
    Pleased.
    By.   
    It.
    It is very likely.
                     They said so.
    Oh.
    I want.   
    To do.
    What
    Is
    Later
    To
    Be
    Refined.
    By   
    Turning.
    Of turning around.
                     I will wait.

Copyright Credit: Gertrude Stein, “Study Nature” from The Yale Gertrude Stein (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980). Reprinted with the permission of Mr. Stanford Gann Jr., Levin & Gann, P.A., Literary Executor of the Estate of Gertrude Stein.
Source: The Yale Gertrude Stein (Yale University Press, 1980)