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Come closer to me;
Push close, my lovers, and take the best I possess;
Yield closer and closer, and give me the best you possess.

2

This is unfinish'd business with me—How is it with you?
(I was chill'd with the cold types, cylinder, wet paper between us.)

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Male and Female!
I pass so poorly with paper and types, I must pass with the contact of bodies and souls.

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American masses!
I do not thank you for liking me as I am, and liking the touch of me—I know that it is good for you to do so.