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I will finish this book sometime this year for sure

reached “O Captain, My Captain”…mr whitman if you only knew the impact you had on every tumblr fujoshi in the early 2010s

I love Whitman because he’ll be like “oh yes women, my lovers”, but then spend 8 lines of poetry talking about blacksmiths with “grimed and hairy chests” and talk about the “lithe sheer of their waists that play even with their massive arms” like ok. sure thing grandpa🤠