Apart from the pulling and hauling stands what I am, Stands amused, co…

Walt Whitman
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Apart from the pulling and hauling stands what I am, Stands amused, complacent, compassionating, idle, unitary, Looks down, is erect, or bends an arm on an impalpable certain rest, Looking with side-curved head curious what will come next, Both in and out of the game and watching and wondering at it. ✨ Walt Whitman, Ezra Greenspan (2005). Walt Whitman's Song of Myself: A Sourcebook and Critical Edition, p.46, Psychology Press
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