
| Tim: | Whitman was more than a poet - he was a cultural icon. |
| Ted: | Of what? |
| Tim: | Of the affirmation of individualism. |
| Chris: | Yeah man – he was the Allen Ginsberg of the 19th Century. |
| Terri: | No – Ginsberg was the Whitman of the 20th Century. |
| Tim: | Well, weren't they the same being in different reincarnations? |
| Sam: | No way. If anything, he was was reincarnated as sheets of paper in countless libraries. |
| Ted: | Hey – don't let your intellect get so sloppy 'n onanistic. |
| Tim: | C'mon – we're all the same being in different reincarnations! |