and for good reason , for there is in truth no single soul on planet earth who is not touched by the storm , and touched by it in a personal and precise way ; each soul quite convinced , once touched , that his or her private dreamsthose seldom or never spoken , or shared , dreams ; those not even articulated but dreamed nonethelessthat his or her hopes or thirsts or desires would be fulfilled if only , if only : and here the connection severs , for logic can not bring itself to take the final step , or leap : would be fulfilled if only they would copulate ?