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1. Come closer to me,
Push closer, my lovers, and take the best I possess,
Yield closer and closer, and give me the best you
possess.
2. This is unfinished business with me — How is it with
you?
I was chilled with the cold types, cylinder, wet paper
between us.
3. Male and Female!
I pass so poorly with paper and types, I must pass
with the contact of bodies and souls.
4. American masses!
I do not thank you for liking me as I am, and liking
the touch of me — I know that it is good for you
to do so.
5. Workmen and Workwomen!
Were all educations, practical and ornamental, well
displayed out of me, what would it amount to?
Were I as the head teacher, charitable proprietor,
wise statesman, what would it amount to?
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