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“ ‘MAKING LOVE’ AS OPPOSED TO ‘HAVING SEX’ “

[WRITTEN BETWEEN THURSDAY, JUNE 1 AND FRIDAY, JUNE 30TH, 2023]

Poetry by Sean O'Connor
3 min readJun 30, 2023

How important was it… for him… (he appreciated that generalizing and universalizing could be very delicate, extremely difficult, complex, and, if and when it was to be done, it could seem at times dauntingly, almost inconceivably abstract), yes, how important was it for him, in his current approximation, his most confident belief, interpretation, understanding….to finally have sex again… after a brutal, year long dry spell? He was skin hungry, and his cock was stormy with excitement to feel more fully, holistically vibrant, energized, and alive again! Masturbation was all fine and lovely — even divine, let’s admit — …nonetheless, it is literally not the same as partnered sex. Not the same as a woman’s touch, which he so craved; those emotional charges felt in nude, naked skin to skin touching; tongues and lips engaged in kissing, tantalizing; dynamic rhythms and tempos of intercourse; simultaneous orgasms…Oh, those sacred, thrilling energy streams and flows. T’was what he lived for, as sex was his favorite thing, aspect of life, existence, the universe, at least among all the things he had experienced and/or could imagine. However…because… since…. sex was his grandest passion, his reason, his why, his true love, his ultimate path to spiritual connection with the universe (thus his ultimate spiritual practice)…since…because…there was also the Tantrik and the erotic…the romantic love… “making love,” as opposed to “having sex” to…

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Poetry by Sean O'Connor
Poetry by Sean O'Connor

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Philosophical, spiritual, erotic, political poetry by Sean O'Connor

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