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>Perfume of embraces all him assailed. With hungered flesh obscurely, he mutely craved to adore.
James Joyce spent an entire day on these two sentences.

>> No.20826294

>AAAAAAAA IS THAT SOMEONE MASTURBATING IN PURPLE PROSE THIS IS SO MODERNIST I'M GOING INSANE

>> No.20826319

>>20826294
Write something that comes even close to this.
Pro tip: you can't

>> No.20826378

>>20826319
Not him but I wrote this:
>She runs sure-footed through streaming meadows, past lilies and knotgrass a-mile-a-minute.

I'll explain the word play as know one has got it yet - mile-a-minute is another name for knotgrass

>> No.20826470

>>20826319
>He liked to sniff women's clothing. He was horny af.

>> No.20826513

>>20826470
>the scent was positively bussin'. With not a cap, he was finna bust a nut fr

>> No.20826569

>>20826290
>bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk!.
James Joyce spent an entire 17 years writing this sentence

>> No.20827236

>>20826319
The man himself topped it,
' At every fuck I gave you your shameless tongue come bursting out through your lips and if I gave you a bigger stronger fuck than usual fat dirty farts came spluttering out of your backside. You had an arse full of farts that night, darling, and I fucked them out of you, big fat fellows, long windy ones, quick little merry cracks and a lot of tiny little naughty farties ending in a long gush from your hole.'

>> No.20827501

>>20826290
What did he mean by this?