@ 27.055 MHz: Ad Astra; On Campus, September's Sultry Days, A Poem On International Relations And Intimacies

He descended from several Mediterranean peoples:

his silken hair cascaded well below his shoulders

(bare now that he has removed, and tossed his mesh tee);

beneath his supple jeans, his lithe legs are profoundly hairy;

sheathed in semi-sheer socks, his feet are playfully agile.

No shoes, any style, intrude upon or interfere with the

effects of his considerable beauty, an expression of

his soul's inherent and homogenerous nature.  He met my

ardent gaze (and the aroused attraction it implied) with the

most welcoming and inviting of smiles.  And I did not

think of Plato's description of Charmides, or of

Socrates' desire for him, as Plato tells it; but of 

David, the young shepherd who loved and was loved by

Prince Jonathan, son of King Saul, as Holy Scripture declares.



J-Called

Author's Notes/Comments: 

The tenth through twelfth lines allude to Constantine Cavafy's poem, "In A Town Of Osroini" (trans. by Keeley and Sherrard).

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