You know, I can understand why someone might think that “his hairy shanks, her sweaty thighs, his bow-taut cock, her engorged basketry of cowl & lip” is poetic, which just goes to show how difficult it is to write sex well. It’s too charged with meaning, euphemism and humour to be treated like other subjects. It’s a fine art indeed.
*laughs quietly in the library*
You know, I can understand why someone might think that “his hairy shanks, her sweaty thighs, his bow-taut cock, her engorged basketry of cowl & lip” is poetic, which just goes to show how difficult it is to write sex well. It’s too charged with meaning, euphemism and humour to be treated like other subjects. It’s a fine art indeed.