I prefer profundity to profanity. There is no fucking joy in shallowness. But the depth of her ignorance was like a stick of dynamite in a bon-bon; it shocked me so much it nearly killed me. I still can’t figure out why they want to lock me away when it was obvious any children she might bear would set our evolution back thousands of years.
We met at a time when I was completely vulnerable and completely broke. She thought buying me something to eat was a precursor to me being oblivious to her many and varied prejudices. Her grievances were both astounding and inane and her vocabulary had absolutely no variation. For God’s sake, she finished virtually every sentence with the non-sequitur ‘doncha know it’.
I tried really hard to resist the urge to ram my egg-covered tines through her dull, watered-down eyes. Aside from the fact that the place was full of witnesses, I was also very much enjoying my breakfast. She drank tea, sweetened by the contents of 8 sachets of sugar. She smoked incessantly, blowing bilious blue smoke first over one shoulder then the other. If I hadn’t been so stupefyingly hungry, I would never have allowed her to waste any more of this worlds precious oxygen.
Her putrescence, her sheer stinking stupidity, was most certainly generational if not multi-generational. The only good thing about her life was the orgasm her father had in order to create her. I can’t imagine any situation or path of destiny that would lead her to actually doing any good on this earth, nothing at all.
I told her all this later. I gave her a chance to understand, to accept what I was doing. Of course, she screamed at first. She struggled against the ropes. But when I finally told her I loved her and all would be well, she showed the first signs of intelligence I’d seen her exhibit. She closed her eyes and wept. It was then I felt sorry for the pale, shallow bitch and finished her quick.
I mean, we all have bad habits and mine is that I’m a soft touch.
Comments
sabital | August 1, 2008 - 08:22
Hi Mark, I noticed this is in your short story collection, I hope that was a mistake Mate?
Dynamaso | August 1, 2008 - 08:35
No mate, it is meant to be a short story. Why, do you think it could be developed into something longer?
sabital | August 1, 2008 - 09:25
The last line of the story gave me the impression that he could be a serial killer, his soft touch being he kills societies lesser intelligent people to put them out of his misery, just for being as he sees them, such a waste of a life. As he has now been arrested, as the story tells, it could be a prologue to him regressing to the start of his antics, and the way he has evaded the police for so long by using his cunning, he sees himself as having higher intelligence than most and wants to see how the not so intelligent police force cope, even though he leaves them clue after clue. But the clues are very clever and not so easy to decipher...
I challenge you!!!
Not an epic Mark, Just longish!
capoeiragem | August 1, 2008 - 09:42
You certainly could develop this into something a bit longer, but personally I think it works well as it is. Some great lines in the first half, 'her ignorance was like a stick of dynamite in a bon bon' being a personal favourite, and I liked the way the tone gradually darkens until the morbid twist at the end.
Dynamaso | August 2, 2008 - 07:14
Sabital, I'm going to have to think about it a bit more. But I will rise to your challenge very soon, sir.
Capoeiragem, I wanted to lull the reader a little before the finish of the story. Some of my favourite stories achieve this so much better than this, though. Thanks for your comments.
tcook | August 4, 2008 - 13:20
I'm afraid I saw it coming from the first line. It's good - but it could be a lot better! I love some of the insults though - the only good thing about her was the orgasm her father had at conception - now that's nasty! I'll use it one day.
Dynamaso | August 4, 2008 - 14:20
Tony, thanks for your comments, mate, much appreciated. I'm actually thinking of developing this into something bigger and, hopefully, better.