To a Common Prostitute
1819-1892
Be composed--be at ease with me--I am Walt Whitman, liberal and
lusty as Nature,
Not till the sun excludes you do I exclude you,
Not till the waters refuse to glisten for you and the leaves to
rustle for you, do my words refuse to glisten and rustle for you.
My girl I appoint with you an appointment, and I charge you that you
make preparation to be worthy to meet me,
And I charge you that you be patient and perfect till I come.
Till then I salute you with a significant look that you do not forget me.
DayPoems Poem No. 2081
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/2081.html">To a Common Prostitute by Walt Whitman</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
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