A poem by e e milne, recovered from a Making Light comment thread

[avram]

why must itself up hundred of a wood
acre stuck some quote lunch unquote to
prove that a moose equals any bear
who was afraid to dare to answer “oh, bother”?

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[barking-iguana.livejournal.com]

A. A. Milne? Or, based on the uncapitilized name, e. e. cummings? Or is this some mock-up of both that I don't get?

[avram]

The third.