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I sing the body hirsute and husky, The legions of those I love have girth and I engirth them, They will not let me off till I go with them, write of them. The expression of the well-made bear appears not only in his beard; It is in his walk, the carriage of his neck, the flex of his knees, The curve of his belly, the volume of his chest. This is my story: Mouth, tongue, lips, nose, eyes, ears, Strong shoulders, manly beard, hips, inward and outward round, Man-balls, man-root, strong set of thighs well carrying the trunk above. To see him pass conveys as much as the best poem, or more, I linger to see his back, his ass, the hair on the back of his neck. Examine these limbs--they shall be stript that you may see them. I bear witness. --"Homage to Whitman", 2008 E-mail me if you like: jayneal at bearcastle dot com.	Announcements Help feed a starving pornographer: shop in my bookstore! "Waking Up Bear" to be published in Bears: Gay Erotica Stories, Richard Labonté, ed. (Cleis Press, summer 2008). "My Mountain Man" to be published in Best Gay Romance 2008, Richard Labonté, ed. (Cleis Press, summer 2008). "Between Red Covers" to be published in Kinsey at 60, Ron Suresha, ed. (Haworth Press, October 2008). "Physical Therapy" to be published in Best Gay Erotica 2009, stories selected by James Lear Richard Labonté, ed. (Cleis Press, autumn 2008).
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