Sunday, February 24, 2019

When Aphrodite calls, Adonis listens.


Hello?  Yeah, hi, Ap—say, it’s blank screen time again, is it?  Well, OK, if that’s the way you want it (just a minute and I’ll turn off the lights here too.  There.  Whatcha want?) 

Hmmm…same old subject, I see.  Well, as I’ve said before, anything you want to talk about is fine with me.  Sure…, “Ap and Don,” back to nicknames again.  Fine.  No!  Wait a minute (don’t disconnect!)  You know how I am when I just wake up.  Yeah, everything’s fine.  Go ahead, “dearest.”

Yeah, I slept fine, too.  It’s just this morning thing is a little trying at times.  Morningbrain is one thing, but morninghead is quite another.  Still waking up.  Give me one more minute….  There!  Coffee always helps. 

What’s that?  Oh, no, Tobi’s fine.  So is Jennie.  They’re both sawing logs in our bedroom.  You’d think it would be full by now, but it seems we always find another place to stash them till we need them.  Me, though, that’s another story.  Morningbrain comes and goes with a degree of regularity it seems.  Logs or no logs, it’s always sitting there in the background waiting on me to grab my trusty HP to record whatever we might come up with (whenever and wherever that may happen!)  And, yes, my dear, here and now is just fine. 

Say again…just a bit louder, this time…Sex is it?   Sure.   I mean, why not?  What else is there when Aphrodite calls?  Adonis has no choice.  Yeah, I’m still here—still glued to my keyboard, so to speak.  What—me first?  Sure….

As you well know, I have had more than my share of locker room experience.  First there was that time in Talladega that we all know about…birthdays come to us all, right?  Then there was that time when I broke my leg and had to be rushed to the hospital.  Again—always another hospital.  And, that’s not even to mention all those times with mom and dad in the night when all I really wanted to do was not to wet my pajamas.  Yeah, locker room stuff comes around regardless—even when we were little kids. 

And then as I progressed to sports there were times when we were here or there and had to dress out.  Yup, again there comes another locker room.  Sports locker rooms beat those times in the middle of the night and those times with docs and nurses taking care of problems we would just as well like not to have to think about.  Sports brought all of us guys together, and required that we take showers before leaving after our encounters on the gridiron or in the gym or on the baseball diamond.  Yes there it was, dearest, me and the other guys all together getting cleaned up in the shower room.  And what did that teach us?  Well, you know what that taught us, us guys, that is!  In spite of what our founding fathers might have written, it was more than obvious that all “men” were not created equal.  Or “boys,” either, for that matter. 

I particularly remember one time in High School when I was showering with a variety of others and one big guy (he was the fullback, mind you,) came in and began to get cleaned up.  Well!  Shoulders like a park bench, slimming down like a Hollywood idol, and no one said a word about what was obvious to all of us.  Size might not matter to a certain degree, but it sure was obvious to all that day.  And did anyone comment on what we all saw?  Did anyone want to be tossed around like a rag doll in the hands of a mad owner in her own room?   Nooooo!  Whatever we saw and thought was buried under a mound of concern as to what this guy might do if anyone said anything the least bit critical about his “physique.”  Oh, Aphrodite, how you girls must wonder about things like this.  I mean, what’s to see in that girls’ locker room (if you’re a girl yourself, I mean!)  What we guys see and avoid commenting on, as opposed to what you might be looking at in your locker rooms is more than obvious.  If anyone wants to know anything more, here, allow me to suggest a trip to a fine arts display.  Aphrodite and Adonis, indeed! 

Your turn, Ap!  Come on, now, I’d really like to hear what you come up with.

Heh, heh, heh…!