In 1855, Walt Whitman shared the famous lines from Leaves of Grass: “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love/ If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.”

More than 150 years later, you can take his poetry literally, at least in the state of Washington.

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