To a body pierced by pleasure_
grant an adultrous heart, grant unslaked desire,
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command the ungelded, though wildly off
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balance: stand still.
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Chastity requires a man
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who feeling the weight of the stone in his hand
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who feeling his muscles coiled to throw
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will turn and crouch bloodied, taking each blow,
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and tightening the coil of punishment I'll know
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how the stone will strike the nails in your hand
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unless I, deliberately, let the weight go.
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