Poesy

Native Moments

NATIVE moments! when you come upon me⁠—Ah you are here now!Give me now libidinous joys only!Give me the drench of my passions! Give me life coarse and rank!To-day, I go consort with nature’s darlings⁠—to-night too;I am for those who believe in loose delights⁠—I share the midnight orgies of young men;I dance with the dancers, and drink with the drinkers;The echoes ring with our indecent calls;I take for my love some prostitute⁠—I pick out some low person for my dearest friend,He shall be lawless, rude, illiterate⁠—he shall be one condemn’d by others for deedsdone;I will play a part no longer⁠—Why should I exile myself from my companions?O you shunn’d persons! I at least do not shun you,I come forthwith in your midst⁠—I will be your poet,I will be more to you than to any of the rest.

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