Memories of Mammaries


I have known some beautiful women in my time. Some of the most beautiful in Sri Lanka, I feel. Which I suppose every man must feel, if he feels. Cause every girl deserves that. Abandon. They’re lost now, memories in masturbation. I still see girls that turn my head on the street. I can settle, out of boredom or inebriation. I guess I do alright, whatever that means. But there’s always something you can’t touch. That teenage romance. That forbidden kiss in a parked car. Can’t touch. Anymore. Sometimes I want to get married just so that part of my brain will quit. Not a solution, but just an end to the problem. Steady sex until you grow too unattractive to care. Sometimes I just want more money and a better car.

When I look at girls now my eyes glaze. I see the layers of friends and relatives poised to make Facebook a living nightmare. I see the drama and your mama and I almost can’t bear to talk to you. This has a paradoxical effect of making me interesting to girls that couldn’t bore me more.

I can’t go anywhere without remembering the places I’ve been. Everything’s poignant, and poking me in the ribs. Since the scene died it’s closed in on itself, become incestuous. The NGO girls are gone, swept out by the tsunami of tstupid. The youth are all abroad, the adults are all married. Not to complain too much, I guess I do alright.

It’s just that I remember beauty, and I see it, around. And God knows, it shakes me still.

RSS feed | Trackback URI

10 Comments »

2008-12-10 01:13:13

“tsunami of tstupid”
Brilliant phrase! by the way you’re a poet! this is poetry in prose and i love it! fantastic style :)

 
2008-12-10 02:10:01

I thought it was just me… Then it’s a common feeling after all.

 
2008-12-10 10:10:14

You nailed it there, Indi. I feel very much the same.

 
 
2008-12-11 11:38:42

No escape for the broken hearted…….

 
2008-12-11 14:23:56

You should write more like this. Lyrical…and disturbing at the same time because your writing reminds me of a few people I know.

“Sometimes I want to get married just so that part of my brain will quit. Not a solution, but just an end to the problem. Steady sex until you grow too unattractive to care. Sometimes I just want more money and a better car.”

I never want to get to that place :/

2008-12-11 16:22:43

I was a bit drunk.

jcnars
2010-10-09 01:43:23

i thought so, nevertheless poetic ‘n reliable

(Comments wont nest below this level)
 
jcnars
2010-10-09 01:43:46

i thought so, nevertheless poetic ‘n relatable

(Comments wont nest below this level)
 
 
 
2008-12-11 16:29:48

Haha!

As good a reason as any to write I guess. Covers all manner of sins.

 
Name (required)
E-mail (required - never shown publicly)
URI
Your Comment (smaller size | larger size)
You may use <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong> in your comment.

email indi AT indi.ca.


Recent Comments


Buying Appliances Online (Singer) (3)

Angel: Well… not anymore!

cynical gal: and she washes your underwear???

cynical gal: you have a MAID????

Unequal Marriage In Sri Lanka (The Foreign Kind) (17)

Carasek: “Please fix the grammatical errors in the above.” Please fix the grammatical error in the above sentence.

Carasek: Hi Roshnee In your rush to kindness about the Immigration Department, I respectfully comment that you do not state a fully accurate position. I have also had repeat communications with the Immigration Department and have found them to be...

Chaminda: aaah but with a bit of something something under the table…. all options are open….

Sri Lanka To Offer Dual Citizenship Again (7)

N: No visa needed, you need to travel on your US passport and get the US passport endorsed saying you are a SL dual citizen.

Avengers: A Review (7)

Chathura Sandeepa (@chathuras): “They could’ve literally had the Avengers meetup at a coffeeshop.R 21; I like it! :D

General Sarath Fonseka Out Soon? (8)

David Blacker: Shammi’s right. US pressure has nothing to do with it. Jailing the opposition never looks good, no matter how many charges tou cook up. MR probably is realizing this. Also, note the upcoming elections in crucial areas.

Future Porn (3)

David Blacker: Well, if they brought in a hard-core element as was done in the old Caligula, it might have worked. As porn, Zack & Miri just wasn’t porn. Check out some of the European indie movies and you’ll find that element. I...

Miss Travel. Alternately, Mistravel

This is highly dubious. Miss Travel is a travel/social networking site that connects ‘Generous’ and ‘Attractive’ travelers. To, like, travel together, I guess. It all seems a bit like arranged prostitution and trafficking. This is part of a broader online trend to connect rich men to younger, attractive women. Sites like seekingarrangement.com connects women to ‘sugar daddies’ already. I guess Miss Travel is just taking that trend international. Wait, I checked, it’s the same guy doing both.

Buying Appliances Online (Singer)

Sri Lankan domestics never say anything, they just stop coming. My maid just stopped coming and when I finally pressed her she said I needed to get a washing machine. I was hoping to ride this one out, but I’ve run out of underwear and I have no choice. I finally caved and bought a washing machine, from Singer, ONLINE. I put the online in all caps because it’s pretty awesome. I ordered the thing in like 15 minutes on Saturday and they just delivered it today. It’s pretty awesome, this brave new world.

Future Porn

There’s nothing wrong with pornography, but there’s a lot wrong with porn. Nothing wrong with watching people have sex, but too often that sex is brutal, senseless and coerced. I mean how many couples are coming on each others faces every day? Hence, philosopher king Alain de Botton – after calling for a new atheism, replete with temple – is now calling for a new pornography. One which is “fit for thoughtful, good human beings”. Good idea.

Sri Lanka To Offer Dual Citizenship Again

Sri Lanka is going to start offer dual citizenship again, for people of Sri Lanka descent (ie, those who migrated or their kids). Which is good. Still not an actual immigration policy, but getting, well getting back to the status quo. I got dual citizenship years ago.