how did it come to this?
Good God, What a Night That Was
Good God, what a night that was,
The bed was so soft, and how we clung,
Burning together, lying this way and that,
Our uncontrollable passions
Flowing through our mouths.
If only I could die that way,
I’d say goodbye to the business of living
-- Petonius (1st Century AD)
Trans. Kenneth Rexroth