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From Cahill's Mysteries of the Middle Ages*, p. 21 of the hardback:

The human body, an iffy thing, easily undone, was yet the acme of the beauty of the cosmos. No wonder that a male on the cusp of full manhood was the loveliest thing in the universe, repeatedly portrayed in statuary and fresco, "the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals," desirable by all, whether female or male (though completely possessable by none), whose hot blood beat against the walls of his body, seeking release, turning to white foam and spurting from his engorged penis--"a human Espresso machine," as Brown~ calls him.

Pardon me, I'll just be over here laughing helplessly.

* At this point, he's still talking about Alexandria and the Greek influence on the middle ages.
~ Brown seems to be Peter Brown; precise book unknown.

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mackiedockie

Yikes. That second sentence is a novel all by itself. With caffeine shots.

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rhi

Yeah. Yeah, it is. And the imagery is just... Seriously? I got nuthin.

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liviapenn

"I like my coffee like I like my men...!"

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rhi

Apparently so! (The icon became a moral imperative.)

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mzlizzy

A human espresso machine!?!?!?!?

Thanks, but I'll skip the cappuccino.

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rhi

Now you see why I had to share this with the rest of y'all.

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jimpage363.livejournal.com

Not just purple prose, but it has spangly bits and a touch of marabou, too!

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rhi

I completely agree with your icon! And your comment!

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springwoof.livejournal.com

"Human expresso machine"
::sputters with uncontrollable laughter::

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rhi

Seriously, I ran into that and went, "No, really, must share."

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