Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Leaves of Grass

Walt Whitman - I Sing the Body ElectricOne's-self I sing, a simple separate person,
Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse.

Of physiology from top to toe I sing,
Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I say
the Form complete is worthier far,
The Female equally with the Male I sing.

Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power,
Cheerful, for freest action form'd under the laws divine,
The Modern Man I sing.

(published today in 1855)

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At 1:25 PM, July 05, 2006 Anonymous Anonymous had this to say...

And yet we still won't allow Walt to get married...

 

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