@ 27.055 MHz: Ad Astra; To Basho, In Praise Of His Young BoyFriend, 27 [ /;\ ]

As waves of pleasure

surge through Toyo's eager flesh,

he releases his

sweetstuff to you:  that is how

to harvest a peach's juice.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Basho met an innkeeper's son, Kumenosuke, when the young man was fourteen years old.  Basho gave him the poetic appellation, Toyo. which means "young peach in the beauty of young peaches."  Cf. Jane Reichhold's explication on p. 318 of her book, Basho.

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