A Romantic Tale About An Unromantic Hero
A Romantic Tale About An Unromantic Hero
By Punkerslut
There was once a man who did not understand society. And when I
speak of this man, who regards society as an unfathomable
monster, understand that I am universally speaking of every
individual thinker. But there was one particular man, one man
among them, who did not understand society. And what separates
him from the other individual thinkers was his unavowed lust for
love, his desire for affection, and his outright honesty in it.
He was, in many ways and like other thinkers, a hero. And though
his understanding of social romance may be below par, it cannot
be denied that his journey for love is as romantic as they
become.
Our hero is named Cassidy, and our journey takes us to the
bars, pubs, and clubs of America, the raves and hangouts,
anywhere there is lurking a girl for our hero's affections.
Unlike the other lovers, looking for a score or a companion,
Cassidy was in these clubs and bars because, as he explained to
himself many a time, he was human. It was his devotion to truth
and honesty that made him an unlikely character in this scene.
He had no fear, which allowed this truth and honesty to shine
forth even in threatening situations. As a career, Cassidy was a
janitor. He worked at a mall, cleaning things up, clearing off
tables in the food court, picking up garbage. He wasn't bothered
by it at all. Making $2.00 above minimum wage per hour, he lived
a very restrained lifestyle.
There was one club, Club Down And Out, which was frequented by
our friend Cassidy. There were casual contacts here, as well as
friends and lovers made. One man would hit on a woman with,
"You're fine, I'm fine, why don't we leave this place and do
something about it?" Cassidy might overhear, and he would be
confused. It was completely understood what the man wanted, but
the way he presented himself, beneath the shawl of lies, was
what confused Cassidy. Sure, it may be true that such pickup
lines as, "Nice shoes, wanna fuck?" among others might be
outdated and rarely used. But according to Cassidy, though the
pickup lines changed, the attitude was just as antiquated.
Cassidy had heard enough, sometimes being approached by men and
women, sometimes seeing men approach women and women approach
men, or men approach men and women approach women, and the
pickup lines that he had heard were nothing attractive. Some
were succesful and some were failures, but they all were full of
a superficiality that was completely inhuman in quality to him.
The time was to act, and the object of affection was a girl
sitting in a booth by herself. She had dreadlocks, thick and
natural, which may have been the thing to catch Cassidy's eye.
Anything that would separate itself from this unreal reality
would be sexy to him. Dreadlocks and a Dead Kennedies shirt. He
sat down in the booth next to her. She looked up.
"Will you talk to me, because like every human, I long for the
physical touch of intimacy, I cherish the moments of reverence
manifested through our acts, I hold kindled affection to be a
supreme act of kindness. Will you be one with me, because only
my human desires drive me to be with you, one so beautiful and
individual as yourself. And you, like me, are only human, so the
urge cannot vary greatly between us."
The girl got up from the booth and started to walk away.
Cassidy continued talking.
"Will you love me, the way I want to love you, because your
body is the poetry of life, because your face is a gem, because
I know that the passion you have is one incomparable. Because,
like every human, you are an individual, and I love you for
that."
She was in the crowd, disappeared, out of sight.
"Will you give to me that one kiss, that one moment, that one
night, so that I can forever remember the smell of your soul,
the taste of your body, the lingering desire to forever be in
your arms? Will you hold me close so that I only feel your flesh
and body heat, so that there is nothing to distract me from the
beauty of one so outside of society's grasp, so that I will know
nothing but the pure bliss of yourself?"
She had walked ten miles away.
"Can I sit here forever, staring into your eyes, not forgetting
that there is nobody like you? Will you give me your time, so
that I can offer you my body and love? Will you give me your
lust, so I can fufill it and offer you my own? Will you give me
the precious pearls of your mind and body, so that I may give
your security in comfort, life in sex, and happiness in
existence?"
She was in another city.
"Will you let me caress your stomach, kiss your neck, nibble
your thighs, give to you that one last kiss shared between the
angel of loneliness and the daemon of misery? I do not want to
be a lost child, looking forever, allowing every flower to pass
me by, the indulgence of charity given only to myself, and I do
not want to pass by another flower, smelling so sweet in the
summer air, just as beautiful as the last one down. To pass one
as yourself, to be given to a realm of regrets equally as a
realm of mistakes."
She was in another state.
"Give me a moment's tenure, and I will give you everything.
Emotion like none other, truth inscribed on the long lasting
heart of humanity, the tangible pleasures of our reality
lighting the candles of our existence. Let me touch your face so
that I can show you what I mean. Give to me that one chance of
kindness and reverence. Don't let me sink into the dark abyss of
nothingness -- I am not a nobody, and I would not want to be
passed up. I can give you only what any other human being can
give you, love and desire, fermenting in the barrel of
loneliness, given the soft glow and illuminating light of a
beautiful and passionate sight as yourself. And all the lovers
that you've had before, were just as sincere in their sensuality
as I am, were just as real in their body as I am, were just as
alive as I am here today. Awakened, with lust and vitality, to
find something too valuable to give, to find someone too
valuable to leave, to discover something deep inside all of us,
that makes us all the same, as I desire for your touch in a way
that only any other can desire. It is this reason that I ask for
you to give me that chance..."
...
She turned around from the crowd, and hugged Cassidy.
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