What is specific and perfect turns out to be a– name.
An aboriginal name, which upsprang.
Who is to blame for this aboriginal name which upsprang?
Is the aboriginal name Mannahatta perfect?
According to whom; and for whom? Anyone other than Walt Whitman?
Seriously, was the name Mannahatta perfect for the aboriginals? Did they exclaim, with other than pain, Mannahatta, Mannahatta, Mannahatta?
Is it perfect if coupled with New York? Mannahatta, New York.
How about Walla Walla, Washington? That’s even more funny than Mannahatta, New York. First, because Walla Walla strikes the funny bone with more force than Mannahatta. Second, “we” love alliteration. Thirdly, the state name, Washington, is home grown apple pie, chopped down cherry tree, cherry pie, sweet dream, incomplete, saturated fat, down to the mat, while New York refers to York– uggh, England. A transplanted, transfer name, grafted onto what Walt Whitman would, without hesitation, deem a new world.
Being Walt, he wouldn’t hesitate, even for a moment, to have an upsrang of brave new world.
Spam of Human Affection 
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