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not a religious boy

but that evening he felt like praying

though didn’t precisely know

what for

Forgiveness maybe?

Anyway, like the good boy he was

he waited for her

with dinner ready and even

a bottle of cold white wine

he took from

the pantry

and buried in a pot of ice cubes

He waited in silence

swimming in his own thoughts

drowning a little

She opened the door at 11 PM

and entered carrying

two large bags and asked if she had

been missed or not

He was too good

to say anything other than “Absolutely.”

and that made her smile

She embraced him

gave him a kiss and put her lips

next to his ear

and whispered, “I can’t wait to show

you what I’ve got.”

But of course he already

knew damn well what she got

So after dinner they went straight into

the bedroom

taking their clothes off along

the stairs

and once inside she stretched him

on the bed

and told him to wait for her just a bit

He was a good boy

and so he did

In front of the bed there was no TV set

Instead there was a giant tank

that held an ant farm

Pretty big ants. He could sometimes hear

them knocking against the glass, waking him

from sleep

He watched the tank in horror until

she returned to the bedroom

with what she brought today from the

pet shop

Surprise, yet another hamster

whose only meaning in life was to be

thrown into the tank with the killer

ants while she watched its

desperate struggle and eventual dismemberment

as she got pounded from behind on the bed

and shouted obscenities

But after this one

her lover finally knew what to pray for