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Excerpt from Calamus Lovers SPAN OF YOUTH! EVER-PUSHED ELASTICITY! Span of youth! Ever-pushed elasticity! Manhood balanced and florid and full! My lovers suffocate me! Crowding my lips, and thick in the pores of my skin, Justling me through streets and public halls--coming naked to me at night Crying by day Ahoy from the rocks of the river--swinging and chirping  over my headCalling my name from flowerbeds or vines or tangled underbrush, Or while I swim in the bath--or drink from the pump at the corner-- or the curtain is down at the opera--or I glimpse a man's face in therailroad car;Lighting on every moment of my life, Bussing my body with soft and balsamic busses, Noiselessly passing handfuls out of their hearts and giving them to be mine. [from "Song of Myself," Section 45] |