I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I …

Walt Whitman
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I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep. ✨ Walt Whitman (2004). Leaves of Grass, p.18, Bantam Classics
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I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep. ✨ Walt Whitman (2004). Leaves of Grass, p.18, Bantam Classics

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