We Two Boys Together Clinging

by Walt Whitman · 1867
Published 01/07/1867

WE two boys together clinging,

One the other never leaving,

Up and down the roads going—North and South

      excursions making,

Power enjoying—elbows stretching—fingers clutch-ingclutching,

Armed and fearless—eating, drinking, sleeping, lov-ingloving,

No law less than ourselves owning—sailing, soldiering, thieving, threatening,

Misers, menials, priests alarming—air breathing, water drinking, on the turf of the sea-beach dancing,

Cities wrenching, ease scorning, statutes mocking, feebleness chasing,

Fulfilling our foray.

#defiance #male friendship #rebellion #walt whitman #wandering

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