Lovely Summer Smoke Deluged by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

Chapter 13

Feeling encouraged that they had survived the night, the next morning Posie said; “I’ve done another interesting chapter.

Would you like to hear it?”

Kale smiled and nodded approvingly.

ON THE SATURATED SIDE OF LAISSEZ FAIRE BOROUGH, THE HOOKED

HARBOR ROAD WAREHOUSE SHOW WAS ABOUT TO START. APPROXIMATELY

200 CARS JAMMED THE PARKING AREA AND ROUGHLY SIX HUNDRED EAGER

PATRONS SAT ON FOLDING WOODEN CHAIRS, 90% MALE. AMONG THE

FEMALE CONTINGENT WERE POSIE WITH JACKSON AND MARIAN WITH

CUTHBERT. THE CURTAIN REMAINED DOWN ON THE IMPROVISED STAGE, WHEN “JIMMY” NUWANGI, THE AFRICAN HOST CLIMBED UP AND SAID;

“GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WE HAVE SOMETHING A LITTLE

DIFFERENT AND SPECIAL FOR YOU TONIGHT AND WE HOPE YOU ENJOY

IT......” WHEN HE SAW SOME LOOKS OF CONSTERNATION, PERHAPS FROM

THOSE PREFERRING THE SAME OLD ACT, HE WANTED TO ASSUAGE THEM AND

ADDED; “AS USUAL, NO ONE IS PERMITTED ON STAGE AND AFTER THE

SHOW, THE GIRLS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE USUAL RATES.” HE

DEPARTED AND THE CURTAIN SLOWLY ROSE. A WHITE AMERICAN WOMAN OF

ABOUT FORTY WAS SITTING IN A GRAND RED 1880 TURKISH FRAME WINGED

ARMCHAIR. HER CURLY BLACK HAIR MATCHED THE CHAIR’S THICK

FRINGE. HER 5’5”, 160 POUND BODY WAS ONLY COVERED WITH A BLACK

PUSH UP BRASSIERE AND A TIGHT BLACK WAIST CORSET ATTACHED TO AND

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HOLDING UP FISHNET STOCKINGS. SHE REACHED BEHIND HER AND

CLASPED A RED, WHITE AND BLUE LEATHER WHIP AND CARESSED HER BODY

WITH THE HANDLE.

THIRTY SLIM AFRICAN GIRLS WRITHED ONTO THE STAGE WEARING

MERELY HAND AND FOOT SHACKLES, EACH SUPPORTING THREE SMALL US

FLAGS ON SEVEN INCH STEMS. THEY CLUSTERED AROUND THE GREAT ONE

IN THE CHAIR, ANXIOUS TO PLEASE. AFTER ALLOWING EACH A TASTE

THE WOMAN STOOD AND USED HER WHIP ON THEM AS SHE WALKED, FOLLOWED BY THE CRAWLING THIRTY TO X-FRAMES NAILED TO THE WALL, WHERE SHE ATTACHED EACH ONE WITH FOUR CHAINS, LEAVING THEM WITH

A LAST LOVING CRACK OF THE WHIP.

SHE SAT BACK ON HER THRONE, WHILE THIRTY NUDE AFRICAN BOYS, ALL DESIROUS OF SHOWING HOMAGE, MARCHED OUT AND BOWED TO HER.

THEY PUSHED EACH OTHER, ATTEMPTING TO GET A BETTER LOCATION, AS

SHE LAUGHED AND MADE USE OF HER WHIP. AS UNADORNED POSIE

WATCHED THEM SWAYING, SHE GRABBED JACKSON’S ARM AND SAID;

“YOU’VE GOT TO GET ME IN THAT SHOW.”

JACKSON PULLED HIS ARM AWAY AND SAID; “AS SOON AS YOU GIVE

ME THE PHOTOS.”

POSIE SAID; “I’M TRYING,” AS SHE PUT HER HAND ON HIS LAP

AND SAID; ‘CAN I, RIGHT HERE?”

JACKSON ROUGHLY PINCHED HER AND SULLENLY NODDED.

THE MEN SEATED NEARBY LOOKED HER WAY AND SMILED A “YES,”

SIMULTANEOUSLY HOLDING ONTO THEIR HORSES. SHE BECAME THE CENTER

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OF ATTENTION AS PEOPLE RE-ARRANGED THEIR CHAIRS TO GIVE HER

ROOM. THE AUDIENCE THOUGHT THEY GOT TO KNOW ALL OF POSIE’S

ASPECTS, THOUGH SHE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THEIR FACES.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AUDITORIUM MARIAN SAW THE COMMOTION AND

SAID TO CUTHBERT; “MY MOM TAUGHT ME WELL AND I THINK I CAN DO

BETTER THAN THAT.”

CUTHBERT MOTIONED TO HIS ADJOINING COMPATRIOTS, WHO MOVED

THEIR CHAIRS, MAKING ROOM. SHE DID HER BEST TO SHOW THAT SHE

WAS NUMBER ONE. A NUMBER OF OTHER WOMEN IN THE ROOM GOT A DESIRE TO BE SOCIABLE AND FOLLOWED SUIT.

ON STAGE, THE WHITE WOMAN GAVE A COMMAND TO HER GROVELING

BLACK SLAVES. REMAINING SEATED, SHE SAID; “ENOUGH. GO OVER TO

THE GIRLS.”

HALF OF THE FLAGS WERE PROTRUDING FROM HEAVY, WELL WATERED

GRASS AND HALF WERE IN FIELDS LACKING VEGETATION. THE MEN

BRIEFLY LOOKED FOR THEIR FAVORITE AND DID AS THEY WERE TOLD, AS

THE GIRLS BUMPED AND GRINDED TO THE MUCH DESIRED ATTENTION, MALE

HEADS LOWERED WITH THEIR LUSTFUL EYES FIXED ON THE PRIZE.

THE COMMANDANT CALLED OUT “SWITCH,” AND THE MEN SCURRIED

AROUND TO FIND THEIR SECOND FAVORITE CHOICE. LATER SHE WOULD

AGAIN SAY; “SWITCH” A FEW MORE TIMES, PROLONGING THE ACTION.

THE WHITE QUEEN GOT UP FROM HER CHAIR AND SAID; “STOP.”

SHE WALKED SLOWLY OVER TO THE GIRLS AND ONE BY ONE REMOVED THEM

FROM THEIR FRAMES, ALLOWING EACH TO PAY HOMAGE TO HER FOR THE

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BLESSING. SHE THEN RE-CHAINED EACH OF THE GIRLS’ LEGS, THIS

TIME TO THE FLOOR; THEIR ARMS PULLED OVER THEIR HEADS AND

ATTACHED TO THE BOLTS IN THE WALL, LEAVING THEM ON EYE LEVEL

WITH THEIR OBJECTS OF DESIRE.

SHE THEN SAID; “REMOVE THE TOP FLAG AND REPLACE IT.” THE

MEN ANXIOUSLY DID AS THEY WERE TOLD AS THE LADIES STRUGGLED TO

GET THE FIRMEST GRIP POSSIBLE. THE MEN WERE CONTENT TO WATCH

THEM IN THEIR ENDEAVORS. WHITEY AGAIN CALLED OUT “SWITCH.”

VARIOUS CONFIGURATIONS AND PERMUTATIONS WERE DEMANDED BY

MISS, MRS., OR MS. AMERICA. WHEN SHE WAS OUT OF IDEAS, SHE

SAID; “THERE ARE PRIZES FOR THE FIRST THREE.” THE MEN

UNIVERSALLY SEEMED TO COMPLY, BUT EACH WANTED TO FINISH LAST.

EACH KNEW THAT THE QUEEN WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO TELL THAT THEY DID

THEIR BEST TO PROLONG THE ORDEAL. THE GIRLS LIKED THIS GAME AND

WERE TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING.

THE AUDIENCE HAD BROKEN DOWN INTO GROUPS, EACH WITH A FAVORITE WOMAN INTERESTED IN EXERCISING HER SPECIALTY AND THE

MEN’S EYES DIVERTED BETWEEN LOCAL EXCITEMENT AND FOREIGN

AFFAIRS. POSIE PRIMARILY PREFERRED PLACING LIPS ON

PROTUBERANCES, PRECLUDING PROPER PRONUNCIATIONS. Kale played penile prestidigitation in the practical proximity of Posie’s patriotic pastime.

THE CURTAIN CAME DOWN AND “JIMMY” NUWANGI CAME BACK OUT AND

ANNOUNCED; “SHOW’S OVER. THE GIRLS WILL BE WAITING FOR VISITORS,

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AS ALWAYS.” HE LAUGHED, PRIOR TO ADDING; “GROUP RATES ARE

AVAILABLE.”

Posie touched him and purred; “I can keep going all day. Do you think you can appreciate my story again?”

Kale gave every appearance of being up to the task, but smiled and said; “All I can do is try.”

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