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Leaves of Grass (1881-82)
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THOUGHT.
OF persons arrived at high positions, ceremonies, wealth, scholar-
ships, and the like;
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(To me all that those persons have arrived at sinks away from
them, except as it results to their bodies and souls,
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So that often to me they appear gaunt and naked, |
And often to me each one mocks the others, and mocks himself or
herself,
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And of each one the core of life, namely happiness, is full of the
rotten excrement of maggots,
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And often to me those men and women pass unwittingly the true
realities of life, and go toward false realities,
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And often to me they are alive after what custom has served them,
but
nothing more,
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And often to me they are sad, hasty, unwaked sonnambules walk-
ing the dusk.)
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