Whitman on Craigslist
I was reading some Walt Whitman last night, as I often do, and this gem struck me as being evocative of personals ads:
Among the men and women, the multitude,
I perceive one picking me out by secret and divine signs,
Acknowledging none else—not parent, wife, husband, brother, child, any nearer than I am;
Some are baffled—But that one is not—that one knows me.
Ah, lover and perfect equal!
I meant that you should discover me so, by my faint indirections;
And I, when I meet you, mean to discover you by the like in you.
No comments:
Post a Comment