MEN, MEN, MEN

I Sing the Body Electric...

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, supple quality he has, strikes through the cotton and flannel;   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.   Walt Whitman