To A Common Prostitute

BE composed—be at ease with me—I am Walt Whitman, liberal and lusty        as Nature;

Not till the sun excludes you, do I exclude you;

Not till the waters refuse to glisten for you, and the leaves to        rustle for you, do my words refuse to glisten and rustle for        you.

My girl,

I appoint with you an appointment—and I charge you that you        make preparation to be worthy to meet me,

And I charge you that you be patient and perfect till I come.

Till then,

I salute you with a significant look, that you do not        forget me.