Jessica sits and studies the bible, but chuckles a bit. None of us really buy it. The pastor, Jimmy James, exhorts, “Let there be light in the hearts of these communion givers! Their blood will be blessed in a few minutes!” I left Sylvia at home in bed. She knows not to venture and not to light fires. To behave is to be pure. I’m f****d. I’m tainted as the resin of a gun.
I see Mother peeking from behind the curtain on stage. Her head is a reckless red bean. She waits for the blood. It’s true she has been drinking blood in-between church sessions. There’s so much blood in the world. I’m not a devotee of the goo. I look at Jessica’s boobs. I am hers. She is mine. Today we will make love and everyone will listen. There is lust in my eyes and in my ears and the butt tantrum will start. This
