Thursday, April 28, 2005

Who is now reading this?

Maybe one is now reading this who knows some wrong-doing of my past life,
Or maybe a stranger is reading this who has secretly loved me,
Or maybe one who meets all my grand assumptions and egotisms with derision,
Or maybe one who is puzzled at me.
As if I were not puzzled at myself!
Or as if I never deride myself! (O conscience-struck! O self-convicted!)
Or as if I do not secretly love strangers! (O tenderly, a long time, and never avow it;)
Or as if I did not see, perfectly well, interior in myself, the stuff of wrong-doing,
Or as if it could cease transpiring from me until it must cease.
~ Walt Whitman

I've discovered that I like Whitman. I thought this poem was especially suited to an online blog. After all, who is reading this?

And oh, for the time being my blog will not allow anonymous comments. So whoever wishes to comment, please get a blogspot id. Thanks
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