I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you when I sit alone or wak…

Walt Whitman
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I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you when I sit alone or wake at night alone, I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again, I am to see to it that I do not lose you. ✨ Walt Whitman (2011). Walt Whitman's Songs of Male Intimacy and Love: Live Oak, with Moss and Calamus, p.92, University of Iowa Press
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