Poem of Women

UNFOLDED only out of the folds of the

      woman, man comes unfolded, and is always

      to come unfolded,

Unfolded only out of the superbest woman of the earth is to come the superbest man of the earth,

Unfolded out of the friendliest woman is to come the friendliest man,

Unfolded only out of the perfect body of a

      woman, can a man be formed of perfect body,

Unfolded only out of the inimitable poem of

      the woman can come the poems of man —

      only thence have my poems come,

Unfolded out of the strong and arrogant woman

      I love, only thence can appear the strong

      and arrogant man I love,

Unfolded by brawny embraces from the well-muscledwell-muscled woman I love, only thence come the brawny embraces of the man,

Unfolded out of the folds of the woman's brain, come all the folds of the man's brain, duly obedient,

Unfolded out of the justice of the woman, all jus-ticejustive is unfolded,

Unfolded out of the sympathy of the woman is all sympathy;

A man is a great thing upon the earth, and

      through eternity—but every jot of the great-nessgreatness of man is unfolded out of woman,

First the man is shaped in the woman, he can

      then be shaped in himself.