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A Glimpse
 
 
A GLIMPSE, through an interstice caught,
Of a crowd of workmen and drivers in a bar-room, around the stove,
late of a winter night--And I unremark'd seated in a corner;
Of a youth who loves me, and whom I love, silently approaching, and
seating himself near, that he may hold me by the hand;
A long while, amid the noises of coming and going--of drinking and
oath and smutty jest,
There we two, content, happy in being together, speaking little,
perhaps not a word.

Walt Whitman


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Chris Mendros (2/9/2008 2:38:00 AM)
'...A long while, amid the noises of coming and going-of drinking and/oath and smutty jest, '
Wrappin' it up in a nutshell. Wotta' description!
Know Whitman wasn't into drinking and swearing, so that leaves the 'smutty jest'. But i wonder if all contact- such as hand-holding- was considered sexual then, as it is in our (less sophisticated?) time?
Hans Boerema (10/14/2007 8:17:00 AM)
that's because Whitman was gay.

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