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Walt Whitman · Leaves of Grass

Poem 233 of 382 · Book XXVIII

Transpositions

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Let the reformers descend from the stands where they are forever
bawling--let an idiot or insane person appear on each of the stands;
Let judges and criminals be transposed--let the prison-keepers be
put in prison--let those that were prisoners take the keys;
Let them that distrust birth and death lead the rest.

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