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Calamus Poems: Leaves of Grass


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WE two boys together clinging,
One the other never leaving,
Up and down the roads going—North and South excursions making,
Power enjoying—elbows stretching—fingers clutching,
Armed and fearless—eating, drinking, sleeping, loving,
No law less than ourselves owning—sailing, soldiering, thieving, threatening,
Misers, menials, priests, alarming—air breathing, water drinking, on the turn of the sea-beach dancing,
With birds singing—With fishes swimming—With trees branching and leafing, Cities wrenching, ease scorning, statutes mocking, feebleness chasing,
Fulfilling our foray.
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