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TRANSPOSITIONS by WALT WHITMAN

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First Line: LET THE REFORMERS DESCEND FROM THE STANDS WHERE THEY ARE FOREVER BAWLING
Last Line: LET THEM THAT DISTRUST BIRTH AND DEATH LEAD THE REST.
Let the reformers descend from the stands where they are
forever bawling -- let an idiot or insane person
appear on each of the stands;
Let judges and criminals be transposed -- let the
prison-keepers be put in prison -- let those that were
prisoners take the keys;
Let them that distrust birth and death lead the rest.



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