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Leaves of Grass (1881-82)
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NATIVE MOMENTS.
NATIVE moments—when you come upon me—ah you are here
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Give me now libidinous joys only, |
Give me the drench of my passions, give me life coarse and rank, |
To-day I go consort with Nature's darlings, to-night too, |
I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight
orgies of young men,
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I dance with the dancers and drink with the drinkers, |
The echoes ring with our indecent calls, I pick out some low
person for my dearest friend,
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He shall be lawless, rude, illiterate, he shall be one condemn'd by
others for deeds done,
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I will play a part no longer, why should I exile myself from my
companions?
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O you shunn'd persons, I at least do not shun you, |
I come forthwith in your midst, I will be your poet, |
I will be more to you than to any of the rest. |
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