The sexual impulse is the most vehement of cravings, the desire of desires, the concentration of our willing.  -Arthur Shopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation.

That's certainly true for some, Arthur,
but others are endowed
with desires of a different willing,
cravings with different filling,
appetites aimed at a different tilling
on the adventure of the road to death.

Personally, I've found it an annoying itch,
certainly has absorbed my concentration
far more than I have liked, wished, desired,
caused me a lot more trouble than I ever
imagined and I will be glad to rid myself,
eventually, of the concupiscible appetite's
never ending pull, its insistent urge.

I often wondered why this itch,
so dominant in our culture
speaks so much to millions
and plagues, stopping us
from being able to sing.
                         
1 November 1999

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2007-1999-Writer: three books on www. br
1949-1999: student, teacher, writer. Baha'i for 49 years.