I Sing The Body Electric , by Walt Whitman
The expression of the face balks account ,
But the expression of a well -made man appears not only in his face ,
It is in his limbs and joints also , it is curiously in the joints of
his hips and wrists ,
It is in his walk , the carriage of his neck , the flex of his waist
and knees , dress does not hide him ,
The strong sweet quality he has strikes through the cotton and broadcloth ,
To see him pass conveys as much as the best poem , perhaps more ,
You linger to see his back , and the back of his neck and shoulder-side .
