Sanitize Man-Kind Poem by John Sensele

Between flesh and spirit swims my dilemma
Thrust to the fore by a lurid lemma
I strive by all means to eliminate
When flesh fights back to dominate

Reason's strategy to quell the malaise
Scrambling for days in a haze to gaze
At alternatives from karma I receive
Endeavouring at every point to perceive

Best perspectives to contain the flesh
Striving at every turn to skirt the mesh
At all costs flesh ought to neutralize
If dignity I ought to realize

When I no longer fight the spirit
Embracing higher standards that won't quit
To enable higher moral standards to prevail
At moments I avoid to deflower my maiden's veil

Despite her vulnerability
In settings where her amiability
Dies in favour of voyeurism
I denounce to promote royal realism

Lifting the mantle of morality
Which uplifts the angle of immortality
If my true colours defend womankind
In ways that impel introspection to sanitize man-kind.