
[illegible]—oo you
big date man up dear oo you
dood did
[illegible] Poet what name like me!
me write oo you
[illegible] letter—it
sall shall
be "fresh and modern" [illegible]
me is Modern Man, ony only
bout about
four five monfs old—but me is not "Average Man"—oo you
tall tell
me Average Man, oo you
lie!—Average
Man is blame rascal—him not wuf worth
pickin picking
up in de the
road if him be tannin tip-toe!
May-be if oo you
work him ober over
free three
four times, him be wuf worth
sumtin something
—but
way him is now, him teal , him cheat, him beg, him tell lies—but
me is fine ittle "secesh," tuf
boy man—me "boo bood blue blood
"! me dot got
penty plenty
bood
F. F. V.,—me not teal steal
—me
not cheat—me not beg—me not tell lies—back black
lies
[illegible] white lies" is all back black
to me—me
ittle little
[illegible]es man bout about
dat that
—maybe me is ittle [illegible] foolish bout about
dat that
, but when me say yes it be yes and when me say no it be no—dats
p[illegible] fun sometime but me
tant help it—me will [illegible]
to some "white lies" [illegible] fun [illegible]
some nice Poetry. But [illegible] do dem them
dear fings things
,
me tan can
fight and [illegible]
tanfoun confound
de the
back black
-heart bobolitions abolitionists
!
[illegible] wooly head niggers! what
em them
dood good
for but [illegible] torn and totton for chibalry chivalry
white mans?
Uncle Walt: me is been treat bad—papa not gib give
me no name 'till me mos' almost
free three
monfs months
old—him not
like name him babys babies
for live mans—him
faid said
live mans do bad fings things
and make babies shamed—but me fink think
oo you
neber never
do no bad
fings things
, man what talk dood good
like
oo you
wont won't
neber never
do no bad
fings things
—papa not like bobolitions abolitionists
neider neither
, but may-be oo you
not bobolitions abolitionist
,
may-be oo you
ony only
make-believe,
may-be ony only
also dust in [illegible]
of dem bobolitions abolitionists
roun around
bout about
oo you
, for fatter flatter
em, and rake in
der their
money, (dat that
[illegible]
money [illegible] de the
Tariff teal steal
from dood good
[illegible] mans gib give
to back black
-heart bobolitions abolitionists
[illegible]
dat that
case
[illegible], me say "go head ahead
Uncle Walt
fatter flatter
em them
[illegible] fatter flatter
em them
, an' and
fatter flatter
em them
[illegible] big pile money
from em them
'—den then
oo you
[illegible] here
afer after
oo you
f[illegible]
dat that
line, an' and
build dood
house on [illegible] top an' and
me an' and
oo you
will
[illegible] togedder together
[illegible] laugh to de the
old
bobolitions abolitionists
bout about
how
oo you
[illegible]
em them
out of der their
money—den then
we put [illegible] my boo flag) on top our
house an' and
[illegible]
fap flap
, an' and
fap flap
,
an' and
fap flap
—an' and
we will bin bring
big fiddles
too, for play Dixie! Den Then
if noder another
war tomes comes
we will be taptains captains
of Ku Klux banditti, an' and
me go east, an' and
oo you
go west, an' and
we will clean out all
bobolitions abolitionists
an' and
wooly head niggers. Tause 'Cause
me is dood good
fightin fighting
tock stock
;
me fight bery very
well
when me dot got
no place for run to; me hunt for last ditch,
but if em them
catch me fore before
me get
dere there
,
me will say me is old womans![no handwritten text supplied here]But Uncle Walt: me
dont don't
know if me wants
see oo you
—tomebody somebody
say
oo you
not talk much
tomebody somebody
say oo you
let
oder other
folks do mos most
talking—what oo you
dat that
way for?
ittle little
secesh man
tould told
me [illegible] dat that
long along
wid with
oo you
dat that
way—him mighty [illegible] talk, but him
fink think
ittle little
bit
first, but [illegible] not see much books, him [illegible] lazy
farmer
[illegible], him not dot got
big pile
books, nor fine [illegible]
fine close clothes
, nor big money
ittle little
secesh man ony only
dot got
mos most
[illegible]
dood good
sense, sheriff
brave heart, an' and
ittle little
[illegible].
What for oo you
want see
ittle little
[illegible] man? Does
oo you
want hug him neck?
does oo you
want hold him
by him hand? Uncle Walt: [illegible] oo you
mus' must
not be tongue-tied.—
Me is not been sick none, ony only de tolic the colic , till me four monfs months old—den then big ittle little boy take me in wind an' and me hab have told an' feber cold and fever free three days, but me tonquer conquer him—what for me dot got "gymnastic" mudder mother if me tant can't tonquer conquer told an' feber cold and fever ? me bully ittle little boy—any ittle little Jersey-boo-coat boy say "union" to me me tan can whip him quicker'n him Banner an' and Pennant tan can say "fap flap ," "fap flap ," "fap flap "—oo you bet!
Me not want presents what money tan can buy—oo you mus must gib give dat that sort to oder other ittle little Walt Whitmans—but oo you mus must gib give [illegible] love to ittle little secesh mans. Now, me [illegible] me name
Walt Whitman XX≠IIXXOh! me pile him something [illegible] may be him [illegible] dood good nuff enough .
The Amana[illegible] one need wish to see. He has been so idle or lazy [illegible] destitute of acquired knowledge that about [illegible] of paper would suffice to [illegible] him [illegible] of "Philosophy" and Wit.