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Walt Whitman

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The 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, in order, little by little, over and over.

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Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 5m

Faithful and friendly the arms that have helped me.

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Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 2h

Immense have been the preparations for me,

Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 4h

Long I was hugged close .... long and long.

Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 6h

And took my time .... and took no hurt from the fœtid carbon.

Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 8h

And slept while God carried me through the lethargic mist,

Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 10h

I know I was even there .... I waited unseen and always,

Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 12h

Afar down I see the huge first Nothing, the vapor from the nostrils of death,

Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 14h

Rise after rise bow the phantoms behind me,

Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 16h

All below duly traveled – and still I mount and mount.

Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 18h

On every step bunches of ages, and larger bunches between the steps,

Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 20h

My feet strike an apex of the apices of the stairs,

Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 22h

I am an acme of things accomplished, and I an encloser of things to be.

Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 1d

What have I to do with lamentation?

Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 1d

All has been gentle with me ...... I keep no account with lamentation;

Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 1d

I am sorry for you.... they are not murderous or jealous upon me;

Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 1d

Were mankind murderous or jealous upon you my brother or my sister?

Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 1d

That which fills its period and place is equal to any.

Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 1d

I do not call one greater and one smaller,

Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 1d

And other births will bring us richness and variety.

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Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 1d

Births have brought us richness and variety,

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Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 1d

There are trillions ahead, and trillions ahead of them.

Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 1d

We have thus far exhausted trillions of winters and summers;

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Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 1d

They pour and they pour and they exhale away.

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Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 1d

Eternity lies in bottomless reservoirs .... its buckets are rising forever and ever,

Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 2d

The clock indicates the moment .... but what does eternity indicate?