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his one holding a large pool of still water. They all
leapt into the water and I leapt with them.
We laughed and we splashed and we joked in a language that I had not
known until that day. And we touched and I caressed them and they me. And
on the banks of that pool our play dissolved into a long night of play, of
men and of boys and of hands and tongues and shafts and holes. And
although I never wanted the sun to rise, I knew it must, and I knew that I
would return to the world of the living.
With this play that lasted for a night's worth of forever I fell
asleep before the crow of the cock. In my belly and in my backside I held
the eruptions of several satyrs, and in several satyrs they held mine. And
as I curled up to lay my head on another's leg and sleep claimed me, I
knew...
I awoke in the early morning with a start. And although startled and
long dreaming, I felt fully rested and refreshed. I didn't want to look
under the blanket, but I knew I had to throw it aside and I did. I still
had my feet and the hair on my legs looked the same as ever. I felt fit,
although w
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