"I carry them, men and women—I carry them with me wherever I go;
I swear it is impossible for me to get rid of them;"
Whitman's poem about the road is not only a place everyone uses but is also something that gathers the stories and lives of the people that use it. The stories vary because the people that travel on it come from all levels of life. Because of this, when he travel he carries these men, women, and their stories with him.
Through these stories he is able to find stories for his poetry. Therefore, Whitman is against staying at one place for a long time because he cannot hear or find the plethora of experiences of the variety of men and women that travel these roads.
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