Groan. Even in the next room, the scene was clear. C.W. has taken lately to “shaping up,” as he calls it, like the president. It’s not only unnerving, it scares my wife’s cats. Nonetheless, I walked in to where he sat in front of a pile of papers, all printed with neat margins. He flipped through them and handed me one. I read:
“As he gently bit her nose, one hand began to scratch the toes on her right foot. She moaned, ‘Oh darling, you do that so quickly. Don’t slow down.’”
“What the …?”
“You like it, right?”
“What the …?”
He looked directly at me. “Go ahead, be honest. I can take it. That’s one of my strong points. What do you think?”
“First of all, what is it?”
“Oh,” he said. “I’m writing a novel. I have this friend, a well-known cinematographer, who likes steamy scenes, so I wanted to include a little of the type of literature or art intended to arouse sexual desire.”
“You mean erotica?”
“Isn’t that what I just said?”
“If so, I think you missed the boat.”
“What boat? Are we going on a cruise? I haven’t even packed.”
“It is a figure of speech.”
He thought. “Wait one,” he said. He took a pencil and pad that lay on the coffee table and began to write. “Your figure is like a fine speech delivered in a soft husky voice in a candle-lit room.” Then he looked back at me. “So, what about part I read to you?”
“I … uh … is it supposed to be a sex scene?”
“Of course. Bet it got your old heart pumping, eh?”
“It was awful.”
“You jerk, nasty man, bad friend. You’re jealous, that’s all.”
“I thought you took criticism well.”
“Screw you. What was wrong with it, if I may ask?”
“For one thing, biting noses and scratching toes do not spark sexual desires in someone.”
“They do where I come from.”
“But your audience is here in America.”
“It is a great thing to bring some enlightenment into a dark world, and I am so good at it,” he said. “Wait one.” He turned back to his writing pad, wrote and said aloud, “He slipped a hand under her bra, hooked his fingers, then ripped it upwards from her body and over her head. It made a sound like a long length of duct tape that was being pulled from a cardboard box, and she moaned again. ‘Not so gently,’ she said. ‘Be strong and harsh.’ She head-butted him, making him see stars. This time, it was he who moaned.”
He stopped and smiled. “Writing is fun,” he said. “You should try it sometime.”
“Don’t leave that stuff lying around where my wife can see it.”
“Oh, Mrs. Big Dope loves my work,” he said. “She thinks I ought to send it to all the local publishers.”
“You’re kidding.”
“No, she even suggested that I send it in under your name to avoid legal entanglements when the royalties start rolling in, me being an alien and all. She said you would do the right thing about splitting the money.”
The problem with your species seems to be that there are more people writing than there are people reading. - C. W. |
“I see,” I said, and I was actually beginning to. “She really liked it?”
“Oh,” he said, “she was absolutely evasive, no … wait … effusive, that’s it. She was effusive in her praise.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yes,” she even helped me send excerpts to some of your Facebook friends and former clients.”
“Oh, really?”
“Really. Want to hear her favorite?”
“Why not?”
He shuffled through the sheets. “Ah,” he said, “here it is.” He read:
“As he moaned his pleasures and continued to follow his intentions, she succumbed to the rush of her desires and smashed the plate of fish entrails into his waiting face. His eyes rolled upward in pleasure. With her other hand, she attacked his left rib cage, causing him to erupt in uncontrolled sexual giggling, sputtering and making a sound much like that of a pig breaking wind under water. They both trembled with joy.”
“Honey,” I screamed. “Get in here. You got some ‘splainin’ to do.” I rose and heard the sound of running footsteps and the back door slamming.
“Wait,” he said. “I’m not finished. I’m just getting to the super-glue part.”
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