The Alan Sondheim Mail Archive

August 12, 2002


cynthia and james


i wanted to write a novel filled with wonderful fictional characters each
of them controlling what everyone is thinking and doing and each of them
is naked all the time

i

look at you, she said, you can't even fuck. he noticed the oils across her
breasts and thighs. you can't do that, she said, you can never have me.
she thought, the military did him in. sometimes you have to be physical,
she said out loud. i don't want a used woman, he replied. we're always
naked, he said, we have nothing to hide. they looked ravishing and ravaged
to the crowd. the crowd nodded in approval as she entered him.
blindfolded, they struggled with the crowd. take him! take her! the people
cried. they tore into each other with the thin blades. more! more! throw
them to the lions! cynthia fainted first from loss of blood. james
couldn't see a thing. she stood up, dressed, and he quickly followed. they
left the ruined auditorium to the howls of the crowd. she said, life is
miserable since you left. look at you, she said, you can't even fuck. he
noticed the oils across her breasts and thighs. she thought, the military
did him in. sometimes you have to be physical, she said out loud. i don't
want a used woman, he replied. we're always naked, he said, we have
nothing to hide. they looked ravishing and ravaged to the crowd. james,
she said, this is so christian of you. the crowd nodded in approval as she
entered him. for once, he was at a loss without a weapon. blindfolded,
they struggled with the crowd. take him! take her! the people cried. she
reached behind her for the knife. they tore into each other with the thin
blades. more! more! throw them to the lions! cynthia fainted first from
loss of blood. james couldn't see a thing. she stood up, dressed, and he
quickly followed. they left the ruined auditorium to the howls of the
crowd. she thought, the military did him in. sometimes you have to be
physical, she said out loud. they looked ravishing and ravaged to the
crowd. james, she said, this is so christian of you. the crowd nodded in
approval as she entered him. for once, he was at a loss without a weapon.
blindfolded, they struggled with the crowd. take him! take her! the people
cried. more! more! throw them to the lions! cynthia fainted first from
loss of blood. she stood up, dressed, and he quickly followed. they left
the ruined auditorium to the howls of the crowd.

ii

look at you, she said, you can't even fuck. he noticed the oils across her
breasts and thighs. do that, can never have me. thought, military did him
in. sometimes to be physical, said out loud. i don't want a used woman,
replied. we're always naked, we nothing hide. they looked ravishing
ravaged crowd. crowd nodded in approval as entered him. blindfolded,
struggled with take him! her! people cried. tore into each other thin
blades. more! throw them lions! cynthia fainted first from loss of blood.
james couldn't see thing. stood up, dressed, quickly followed. left ruined
auditorium howls life is miserable since left. james, this so christian
you. for once, was without weapon. reached behind knife.

iii

/[0]+/ { print "she said, i'll kill you!" } /[z]+/ "he not if you don't
have the means!" /[y]+/ life is miserable since left." /[x]+/ "cynthia, i
can always return." /[w]+/ "look at you, she can't even fuck." /[v]+/
noticed oils across her breasts and thighs." /[u]+/ "you do that, never
me." /[t]+/ thought, military did him in." /[s]+/ "sometimes to be
physical, said out loud." /[r]+/ "i want a used woman, he replied." /[q]+/
an abused man, in turn." /[p]+/ "his hands had unnatural trembling."
/[o]+/ "we're naked, we nothing hide." /[n]+/ "they looked ravishing
ravaged crowd." /[m]+/ "james, this so christian of you." /[l]+/ "the
crowd nodded approval as entered him." /[k]+/ "for once, was loss without
weapon." /[j]+/ cannot, will not, live /[i]+/ "blindfolded, they struggled
with /[h]+/ "take him! take her! people cried." /[g]+/ reached behind for
knife." /[f]+/ tore into each other thin blades." /[e]+/ "more! more!
throw them lions!" /[d]+/ "cynthia fainted first from blood." /[c]+/
"james couldn't see thing." /[b]+/ empty sockets hid /[a]+/ stood up,
dressed, quickly followed." /^/ left ruined auditorium howls


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sun births


yes, there's a foregrounded torus; it remains consistent with the
camera. it reflects only the nearby lamps; everything is cauterized
in mid-atmosphere.

the torus will move, slowly, against all odds.

globes of light, sparks, emanations, appear from two helical sources;
they shape themselves in parabolic arcs; at times they appear exhausted
and almost inert. they are ignorant of the truth of their convention.

the sources move towards the camera, as if burning the world from
serious sparklers. invisible, glass the density of airless air.

the pulverized object flies among them; skin with originary wound;
genital; cotton. its back is turned. the sky is blue and black and full
of stars.


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