Thus spake the snake

We're talking taking a plunge into a deep crevice filled with green water, there might be a snake around. Can you dig that? This is more like a dark pool filled with archetypes, snakes, death, sex, origins, east, west, meaninglessness etc..

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

A brief discussion on possibility

I
"Is it possible?", asked KabidthaJamboo.
"No" was the answer.
KabidthaJamboo lived a happy and fulfilling life. He saw his kids lead a happy life when he died.
A bacteria had been the one who answered.

II
"Is it possible?", asked Jeemoothavahanan.
A tight slap was the answer.
Jeemoothavahanan lived like he never had to die and died a good death.
The Buddha was the one to answer this time.

Monday, January 21, 2008

At Fogerty's

Jonathan Fogerty and Vanessa were in a car when Fogerty pressed his hand against her's. She pulled back and looked him in the eye and went, "I'm sorry Jon, this is isnt happening. You are a man with a family and I defintely am not particularly attracted to you to disregard that." Fogerty looked away through the window and said, "Well, since you mentioned family, its my second child's birthday, coming Thursday, it will be great if you can drop by for a very mellow and warm evening with us". Vanessa just looked at him and said, "I'll think about it".

Thursday evening turned out to be such a revelation for Vanessa. She felt pity for the man she started to hate. Jonathan Fogerty's wife turned out to be an ugly monster. Her flesh bulging out from the sides of her bra straps was evident from the way her thin polyester dress lay on her huge body. The sight of her waist could suffocate anyone for they were bound so tightly by her pants. Her flesh seemed to reveal an intense desire to escape from every part of her body, it bulged out from every strap of her apparel nauseously. She was in no way a match for the gentle and successful Jon Fogerty. No wonder Mr.Fogerty is looking out, Vanessa thought.

Mr.Fogerty on the other hand, seemed to be such a good father. He looked at his two daughters with love and care oozing from his gentle eyes. His eyes seemed expressionless when they lay on his wife, as if he trained his eyes in front of a mirror for hours. It was as if he was oblivious to his wife's ugliness. His wife's presence was unbearable to Vanessa. Other guests seemed comfortable, or atleast, they seemed to have adopted Fogerty's tactic of looking emotionless. Fogerty's face however deceived some kind of artificality, he was a bit too gentle, a bit too caring.

Vanessa tried to avoid her eyes wandering on to Fogerty's wife's body. She was afraid, her eyes would reveal the discomfort she felt seeing her ugly body. She was terrified about how this man was stuck with her. She looked around for an old picture of Fogerty's, to see if Mrs.Fogerty was a prettly little woman at the time of their marriage. But she couldnt find one, she was becoming more and more desperate and all the more confused about the Fogerty situation. She felt compassionate towards the man. Vanessa preferred hanging around the kids, talking to them and playing with them, rather than mingling with Mr and Mrs Fogerty. It seemed to be her only refuge. The kids were used to this kind of behaviour, they didnt seem particularly drawn to Vanessa. Kids were always wiser, especially when it came to shallow display of interest in them.

At the dinner table, Mrs Fogerty didn't seem promising at all to Vanessa. She seemed to enjoy her food and ate a lot of food. This made it even more disgusting for Vanessa. She seemed to have lost her appetite. The huge chicken in the middle of the table had become an unbearable sight for her. Here again, Mr.Fogerty maintained his seemingly trained calm. He looked at his wife occasionally, his face strained at times, at times a tight smile. But, when he looked at his kids, his emotions for his wife, seemed suppressed. A trained wonder emerged from his eyes. He looked at Vanessa in a manner, a manager would normally look at a newly joined good looking female employee at his family dinner.

Vanessa wondered, what happened to Mrs Fogerty? Some kind of disease? Hormonal imbalance? Mental distress? Depression? What could make someone so disgustingly huge? Who could allow themselves to be there unless its a mental or a physical disease or an abnormality? Vanessa was getting irritated and with her mounting irritation, her compassion for Mr.Fogerty increased.

After Mrs Fogerty served the dessert and as she started gulping it down, Vanessa decided to sleep with Mr. Fogerty.

Epilogue
She slept with Jon Fogerty for months before she came to know that, for a long time, Mrs.Fogerty was under some medication that made her put on weight. Vanessa pitied the woman and stopped sleeping with Mr Fogerty soon.