If I were tickled by the rub of love,
A rooking girl who stole me for her side,
Broke through her straws, breaking my bandaged string,
If the red tickle as the cattle calve
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“If I Were Tickled by the Rub of Love” is about the nature of human sexuality and its impact on Christian values and vice versa. That is a complex issue for the moral man. Makes many of us wish for the long ago innocence of childhood before the onset of passion and desire.
Life and love! Along the farm land with your adventures. Thanks for sharing.
This world is half the devil's and my own, ........................... No more talking needed to appreciate a piece of any creative art. Unique indeed.
There is a typo in the second line of the third stanza. greet girls should be green girls. Someone please fix this. Take note.
Wonderfully odd poem about the complexities of growing as human beings in love and life. I also liked the biblical allusions. Very capturing and odd.
I wonder if he was drunk at the time and never got around to doing a re-write. Probably just my lack of sophistication. anyone?