24 books
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25 voters
Walt Whitman
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A mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels.
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Whitman, you once told me, is democracy on the page, messy
and imperfect as we are in real life, which gave you hope
that we would one day make real life true democracy, ripe blossom,
pollen dusting every moment and person, each scampering mote of light.
This is why as you lay dying, I read “I Hear America Singing”
and knew you heard every word and could feel my hand on yours
though you were already moving toward other miracles than this life.
A sunflower followed your motion and a yellow
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