UNFOLDED out of the folds of the woman, man comes unfolded, and is <br /> always to come unfolded; <br /> Unfolded only out of the superbest woman of the earth, is to come the <br /> superbest man of the earth; <br /> Unfolded out of the friendliest woman, is to come the friendliest <br /> man; <br /> Unfolded only out of the perfect body of a woman, can a man be form'd <br /> of perfect body; <br /> Unfolded only out of the inimitable poem of the woman, can come the <br /> poems of man--(only thence have my poems come;) <br /> Unfolded out of the strong and arrogant woman I love, only thence can <br /> appear the strong and arrogant man I love; <br /> Unfolded by brawny embraces from the well-muscled woman I love, only <br /> thence come the brawny embraces of the man; <br /> Unfolded out of the folds of the woman's brain, come all the folds of <br /> the man's brain, duly obedient; <br /> Unfolded out of the justice of the woman, all justice is unfolded; <br /> Unfolded out of the sympathy of the woman is all sympathy: 10 <br /> A man is a great thing upon the earth, and through eternity--but <br /> every jot of the greatness of man is unfolded out of woman, <br /> First the man is shaped in the woman, he can then be shaped in <br /> himself.<br /><br />Walt Whitman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/unfolded-out-of-the-folds/
