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10 And I will make the poems of my body and of
 * mortality,

For I think I shall then supply myself with the
 * poems of my Soul and of immortality.

I will make a song for These States, that no one
 * State may under any circumstances be subjected
 * to another State,

And I will make a song that there shall be comity by
 * day and by night between all The States, and
 * between any two of them,

And I will make a song of the organic bargains of
 * These States—And a shrill song of curses on
 * him who would dissever the Union;

And I will make a song for the ears of the President,
 * full of weapons with menacing points,

And behind the weapons countless dissatisfied faces. I will acknowledge contemporary lands, I will trail the whole geography of the globe, and
 * salute courteously every city large and small;

And employments! I will put in my poems, that
 * with you is heroism, upon land and sea—And I
 * will report all heroism from an American point
 * of view;

And sexual organs and acts! do you concentrate in
 * me—For I am determined to tell you with
 * courageous clear voice, to prove you illustrious.

I will sing the song of companionship, I will show what alone must compact These, I believe These are to found their own ideal of man!;
 * love, indicating it in me;