Love Poem: Man's Hunger
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Written by: Michael Degenhardt

Man's Hunger

Since the beginning,
man has had an appetite
for woman
for pleasure
for all things carnal

Is it with the beauty
of woman
that he satisfies 
the hunger,
or is it with love 
of the woman
that the hunger 
subsides?

I say neither.
For man is never
satisfied.
As love develops,
so does the hunger
increase ten-fold.
As beauty is apparent,
the want, the hunger
increases as much
as well.

With that,
it is my conclusion,
that man should then
look only for love.
For in time,
visual beauty can fade,
but love,
that can last forever,
leaving the one 
you are in love with,
a true beauty.