I Sing The Body Electric - Walt Whitman

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.