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But O Sarina come with me to my bed of woes, let me love you gently in the night, long time, we got all night, till dawn, till Juliet's rising sun and Romeo's vial sink, till I have slaked my thirst of Samsara at your portal rosy petal lips and left saviour juice in your rosy flesh garden to melt and dry and ululate another baby for the void, come sweet Sarina in my naughty arms, be dirty in my clean milk, and I'll detest the defecate I leave in your milky empowered cyst-and-vulva chamber, your cloacan clara file-hool through which slowly drool the hall-gyzm, to castles in your hassel flesh and I'll protect you trembling thighs against my heart and kiss your lips and cheeks and Lair and love you everywhere and that'll be that...

Jack Kerouac#43

LovePoetryDesireIntimacyVulnerability

About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker expresses intense physical desire and emotional vulnerability to a lover.
In plain terms
He wants to be close to Sarina and expresses deep physical need.
What can you take from it?
Intimacy often mixes deep desire with feelings of vulnerability.

Where it applies

  • romantic relationships
  • poetry writing
  • emotional expression

Putting it to work

  • express desires openly
  • share vulnerability

Questions to consider

  • How does vulnerability relate to desire?
  • Is raw expression necessary for true love?

Another view

Explicit language can sometimes overshadow emotional intimacy.

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