silence f-solo "Yummy," she said for no reason at all. "I pierced my left nipple once. Got it caught on my sweater and it tore. Not all the way through, but it still hurt-- hurt a lot. I even have a little scar," she said. "See? This small white line." Silence. "You know, it's not the same anymore, is it? You used to write me beautiful poems and send me flowers. You used to tell me you loved me and make love to me all the time. I felt special." Silence. "Are you awake?" Silence. "I don't know what's the matter with you anymore. I love you so much, but you don't love me anymore do you? It hurts when you just lay there like that. Get mad, yell, do something. Even hit me, if you must, but let me know that I still move you." Silence. "What do you want from me? I taught you everything you know about sex. You owe me! So what if I wasn't a virgin when we met. You shouldn't feel challenged by my past lovers. They're in the past, and we're now. Besides, none of them had your intensity and if you're suffering from some guy thing, well, you don't have anything to be worried about. Is that it? Not that size matters, but if it did...none of those guys were as big as you." Silence. "You're pathetic. That's it, isn't it. You're afraid that you don't measure up. You think that your fucking penis is too small. I lied, size does matter. Of course it matters, but you're the largest guy I've ever been with. Does this make you feel better?" Silence. "You don't deserve me. You know that? I could be with any guy I choose and I'm here with you. I wonder if it's because you treat me like shit. Women say they don't go for men who treat them badly, but these are the same women that say size doesn't matter. Let me tell you a secret though, all other things being equal, a big cock wins out every time. Goddamn it, say something." Silence. "You sit up at night reading your fucking books. They're more important to you than I am, but Sartre and Camus are dead and so is their philosophy. And who cares about your decadent French poets? They're dead too. Look at what you can have, and you take your stupid books over me. Am I ugly to you now? You used to enjoy cupping my breasts in your hands. You'd stare at them as though they were the divine truth. You suckled at my nipples like a babe, praying for some revelation. Put your cock in me and took me violently, left us in sweaty exhaustion. You wanted to try everything you said. Do you think we've done it all? Is that it? Are you bored now?" Silence. "I shaved myself for you. You loved that. Remember? Your hands quivered with excitement as you reached to touch my bare sex. I could do that again if you want. When did you decide that you'd had enough of me?" Silence. "I hate you, you know. Why don't you just hate me back. I could live with that, but this indifference is eating me up. I can't live with the idea that you don't care if I exist or not. Did you get that from your books? Let me suck you. You'll like it. It will be like when we first met and you couldn't get enough of my mouth." Silence. "Fuck you then. Are you trying to drive me insane, because it's working. Maybe I should just kill you then, since it doesn't matter one way or the other. How's that for existentialism? Am I nihilistic enough for you? Or do I have to take my cynicism to your level to get you to notice me again. What if I just lay in bed all day reading Baudelaire and Verlaine. Think that would work? We could throw on some of your shitty music and have sex to relieve boredom and to kill time before time kills us. We could fuck everyday at noon making our own Myth of Sisyphus...wouldn't that be fun?" Silence. "You know, you're what every woman says she really wants. 'I just want a man who listens to me,' that's what we say, but we don't mean it. My first lover was this large black man, he could have been a great lover, but he never felt like he deserved me. He treated me like a goddess--nothing like you-- but he thought if he didn't respect me that I'd leave him. I like respect just as much as the next woman, but he was sickening. He always thanked me after sex like I'd done him some great favor. His cock was bigger than yours--yes, I lied--but don't get upset. He didn't know how to use it. He made love like a machine, thrusting in and out of me slowly. Repetition. Repetition. Repetition. Like some goddamn pistol in a low pressure steam engine. And always in the dark! I think he was afraid to look at me while we did it. Like he was somehow soiling the goddess. He never let me suck him either, recoiling in horror the one time I tried." Silence. "You know, this shouldn't be bothering you. I never claimed to be a virgin when we met. I love sex. Always have. So what if I've been with other men! Look at me. I'm touching myself. Don't you like watching me masturbate anymore?" Silence. "Want to watch me lick my fingers? What turns you on now? Are you cheating on me? You know, it wouldn't bother me if you were. Just tell me about it. I want to hear about you fucking another woman. I want to hear you tell me what it is about her that makes you prefer her over me. Does she have bigger tits? a tighter cunt? is she young? It can't be that she lets you do things I don't, because you never ask for anything I won't give. Does she take it in the ass while you watch Fellini films? What does she look like? Is she yummy? Like candy? Does she fuck and suck and not spend the night? Does she let you tie her up? Does she talk philosophy?" Silence. "My body aches for you. I'm still touching myself. You're going to have to hear me come in a moment. You can pretend to not be watching, but I can see you sneaking quick peeks. You're getting turned on, aren't you? I'm getting wet. Look at the way my fingers glisten and my skin is beginning to shine. Can you smell me? That's the smell of lust. Want to fuck me?" Silence. "Imagine me licking that girl's pussy. I'd do a threesome with you if you wanted. She does exist, I know it. Every man is interested in sex, and the only time he turns it down is when he's getting it elsewhere. Think she'd lick me? I'd love to have your lover's tongue way up inside me, fucking me like a small cock, eating your come from my hole. Or, if you don't want me anymore, I'd do this for her. I've done it before. 'No man can make love to a woman as well as a woman can,' you've heard that one before haven't you? It's not true. We just like to pretend it is. Nothing compares to a pendulous cock. Nothing." Silence. "Look at the way my lips are swelling. You should take me, thrust into me. I'm slick. You could push into me without resistance. But I forget, you like that don't you. You like to imagine that you are hurting me and that your cock is tearing me--tearing me apart, like my first time. I've never bled for you, and I never will, and that hurts, doesn't it? I'm opening myself up, all you have to do is fuck me. Take me!" Silence. "I'm coming! I'm coming. Baby, I'm coming!" Silence. "You're a bastard." Silence. Silence. Silence. "Why do I stay with you? My orgasm wasn't that great. It could have been. If I'd had you stretching me wide. Maybe I should have used a vibrator. The big one. Pushed it way up inside until it hurt. Shoved it in until I felt the tip tickle my ovaries. Don't give me that look. You bought the damn things for me. They were your idea. Put one in my cunt, put one in my ass, tie me up and leave me to suffer. What fun. Do you think I liked it? Well, I didn't." Silence. "When did it start? Where's my romantic virgin who thought he'd die if he didn't have sex? I'm a woman dammit. I bleed and shit and have to take pisses. I sweat and belch and occasionally fart. I love to fuck and suck and be eaten. This too common for you? You're never getting anything better. No human can live up to your standards. There is no woman who can give you what you want. I'm sorry I didn't live up to your expectations--your standards are too high. I'm sorry I proved to be only too human." Silence. "I'm moving out in the morning." Silence. "Goodnight."