NATIVE moments! when you come upon me--Ah you are here now! Give me now <br />libidinous joys only! Give me the drench of my passions! Give me life <br />coarse and rank! To-day, I go consort with nature's darlings--to-night too; <br />I am for those who believe in loose delights--I share the midnight orgies <br />of young men; I dance with the dancers, and drink with the drinkers; The <br />echoes ring with our indecent calls; I take for my love some prostitute--I <br />pick out some low person for my dearest friend, He shall be lawless, rude, <br />illiterate--he shall be one condemn'd by others for deeds done; I will play <br />a part no longer--Why should I exile myself from my companions? 10 O you <br />shunn'd persons! I at least do not shun you, I come forthwith in your <br />midst--I will be your poet, I will be more to you than to any of the rest.<br /><br />Walt Whitman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/native-moments/
