
Walt Whitman
Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast
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I Have Been Dilatory and Dumb
This is a poem about me, and when you read it, it's a poem about you. I have loved many women and men, but i loved none better than you. You should try reading this out loud when you'd get your 80 pence book because it's good to say. It feels good on the lips. Oh, i've been dilatory and dumb. And suddenly he's like a slightly scary bloke at a party. He sees the specialness in everybody. But at the moment, it feels like it is in my ear. Very er feel ice on being seduced here how special i must be.
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