I Went

Portrait of Constantine P. Cavafy
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863–1933

I did not restrain myself. I let go entirely and went. To the pleasures that were half real and half wheeling in my brain, I went into the lit night. And I drank of potent wines, such as the valiant of voluptuousness drink.

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