This was written for me, by a good friend. I love it. I love his style and wanted to share it:
There’s been so many. Drones. Sheep. They all talk the same too. Rolled off the conveyor belt by various television programs, hot trends, and American societal standards. Fucking mindless. Condemned to sit and giggle at my stupid jokes without a single original thought. Lusting after the idea that maybe one day their lives will be as “fascinating” as the lives they admire so much on their TV. Or maybe just seeking the validation that their more than just “average“. That their desire for the newest shopping trend at Nordstrom is somehow more interesting than the next ones. That their interpretation of the last episode of “dancing with the stars” is special, and more unique or insightful. And it seems like they always need a man to complete that illusion. Or at least a man to listen to it. It makes me feel like I should beat my head against a wall and scream in their well manicured face. Wake the fuck up.
Here’s a frightful thought. Maybe they don’t have any desires at all and they just “exist”. Destined to go through life with the same wants, and opinions as the Joneses next door or the Smiths down the street. Eat and consume. Buy more. Procreate and die. Instill the same obedience in your cruel little offspring.
It gives me the chills.
And when they get together they become powerful. Like a vacuum. Sucking me in. “Invasion of the body snatchers” except their snatching my mind. Begging me to stand in line with them.
Warm holes. That’s pretty much what it boils down to. Sometimes its hard for me to see them as anything more than that. Sure they’re nice, and they mean well. But are they really necessary? Do they have a purpose? Will they leave a mark? Maybe their purpose is to warn us of what we could become if we don’t stay sharp. I suppose that’s important enough.
I met a real person though. She gives me butterflies in my stomach. Really bad. The last time I had butterflies in my stomach was in junior high school. My first girlfriend maybe. Or maybe the first time some girl let me feel her up. Its been a long time.
Not another warm hole but a “real actual person“. The one in a million kind too. An Einstein maybe, or a Chaplin. With real thoughts and real dreams. Real interests. Real desires. Real opinions. And she has a real courage that lets her be honest about all of that. She’s the person TV shows are based on. She’s the idol women across America want to emulate. She’s the inspiration behind the trends waltzing down the catwalk. She’s an original. Like a priceless piece in a museum but she’s flesh and blood. And I don’t think she knows…
Sometimes the butterflies are so bad that I can barely talk and I stumble all over my words like a stuttering john. Or I don’t talk at all and pretend I’m really cool. She thinks I’m an asshole when I do that. She told her friend I was a “douche” one time and high tailed it away from me.
Its almost like she stands high above everyone else and looks down. Like an angel. Not in judgment, but in the hopes she’ll understand. That shell figure it all out and make sense of everything.
I believe she will. If she hasn’t already.
She’s beautiful. She sat on my lap this morning and the sun coming through the window of her living room reflected off her hair and made it look like spun gold. She let me hold her.
And she smiled.
When she smiles it seems like I’ve known her for a thousand years. (Maybe I have…) I feel a comfort and a solace and a warmth. It makes me wish I could crawl inside of her and we could just become one. A warmth seems to spread through me and it feels like everything is going to be OK. Like a good heroin high but without the kick and without the hustle. I always want more.
She thought I was another stiff dick. There are plenty of those walking around. Maybe even more stiff dicks than warm holes. I had to chase her for awhile to get her attention. I’m still chasing her. And to tell you the truth I’m probably going to chase her for years to come. I gotta convince her I’m not just another stiff dick…
A while back I saw a movie about a blind, retired army colonel who takes his temp-hired, prep school attending, teenage assistant on a romp around New York city. Al Pacino was the star. He described a woman in the movie as being “God Damn Beautiful”. With the familiar military “Hoo-Rah” at the end to emphasize. Being that the colonel was blind, for some reason, it made his statement stand out. It meant more. Like he used all of his other senses to make that description. Smell and taste and what she sounds like. What she feels like. All without ever even touching her.
Semper-fi to you colonel Al Pacino. The woman I met gives me butterflies and she’s God Damn Beautiful. Hoo-Rah!



