To a Common Prostitute

 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.

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