She picks a gob of mud and aims carefully
Splatch! It spatters down his clean (too clean she thinks) face
Then she sits back to sip her drink
But it makes her choke
Arsenic!
…she thinks in panic
And so the loquacious one is silenced
But it wasn’t fair play!!
Are her final unspoken words
I’ve had the privilege of being the straight voice of Gaysi for a year and a half now. I’ve listened to coming-out conversations. I’ve met openly gay people. I’ve attended the launch of a book about gays in India. I’ve faced my own conflicted confusion and resolved it. I’ve even…
I have a weakness for men in spectacles. Maybe I associate that with intelligence. Maybe its my own Electra Syndrome playing out. But every single man I’ve ever dated has worn spectacles. Does that mean I only attract men with poor sight? Sheesh…wonders that does to my ego, but I’ll…
I haven’t seen you in awhile. he said. I’ve been waiting. I murmured. You’re sure about this, right? he asked in some trepidation, reacting perhaps to some hidden uncertainty in my voice. I trust you completely. I dimpled back. And closed my eyes. His hands moved gently. An hour later…
“Have I changed?” He was older, heavier-set, slightly balder. Success adding an unshakeable tower of confidence to the foundation of arrogance that he had always possessed. She took all of this in before pronouncing her verdict. “You’re Jack, ten years later.” “Better or worse?” Ten years was a long time….
Watched a re-run of my old favorite show Ally McBeal. On this episode Ally’s firm defends a man who has slapped another man for daring to insult his date. Let’s start again. The situation was as follows: Man 1 and Woman go to a party together and get to kissing….
I had COVID earlier this month. Finally, the axe I’ve been dreading since March 2020, fell. It was the second chop, the first being my parents catching it earlier this year. I am grateful that these have been mild variants & we didn’t suffer like a lot of other people…
@ Nit Picker: Oops, it doesn’t? I guess the loquacious one will speak again then.
@ S: We are smart, we are evil and we know all, don’t we? 😀
Do I really read what I read (in between the lines) over here?
psst arsenic doesn’t kill instantly…