Foreplay

Fuck. He was gone again, and it was getting to be too much, these separations. It had always been like this for them, and being fiercely independent she had always been able to shrug it off and keep busy until his return. However, lately she 'd been growing increasingly needy for him. Frowning, she hugged her arms around herself as she snuggled into their bed and thought about how their relationship had progressed. They had started off as friends, both enjoying joking and teasing each other.…

The Economies of Anal Penetration in Post-Apartheid South African Bildungsromans: A Comparative Analysis Between The Smell of Apples and Thirteen Cents Stellenbosch University English Professor, Shaun Viljoen, wrote in the introduction of K. Sello Duiker’s Thirteen Cents, that “a comparative study of a string of South African boy bildungsromans, from (...) Mark Behr’s The Smell of Apples (1995), to Thirteen Cents” would “cut across the racial writing divide” (xxii). Albeit the idea behind…

“Maybe it’s a supernatural phenomenon!” Ace encourages from his place across Nami and Vivi. “Aliens could’ve done it!” Luffy chokes on his food. “Mhphh—!” “Don’t do that.” Zoro frowns at Ace as he reached over and pats Luffy’s back. “You’ll get him all excited over nothing.” Ace grins mischievously. “What if she’s an alien herself and she’s come to take over the planet!” Luffy’s arms are going everywhere and he’s babbling nonsense behind all the food in his mouth. Law, who’d been quietly…

I want to apologize to you. I did not handle last night very well. I definitely said things that were on my mind, but could have chosen a better time and way to express my thoughts and feelings. When I left last night we agreed to table the break up until we have the chance to talk Thursday night. I am glad that we decided to do this, but I want you to know where I am coming from and what it is that I need. When I am face to face with you I tend to clam up and stop talking. Unless I get…

How It Really Is As I had Kathy pinned to the floor in a sugar hold, I could imagine she was thinking twice about having returned to my place and couldn't believe she had the audacity to mouth off at me as she had when she first arrived. Especially since I had taught her just exactly how I felt about her doing shit like that, the last time she was here. I guess she just didn't learn that little lesson, as well as I, thought I had taught it to her the first time around! This whiny…

Same-sex marriage is one of the most controversial yet sensitive topics that have been discussed around the world. Politicians often hold debates on this subject trying to decide whether it should be legal for same sexes to be married. It is often viewed as being wrong by religious people because marriage is portrayed as a woman and man uniting, not woman to woman or man to man. Although there are many people say that banning same-sex marriage is an act of discrimination against homosexual…

Poems of Such… by: Sharise Bailey Apple Blossoms in the spring Apple blossoms in the spring I just got a diamond ring and it is beautiful And has so much beauty Hey look what I see Apple blossoms in the spring and my diamond ring Zona Bond I’m better off dead, ‘cause life was a twisted society That mistreated me Everyone pointed their fingers, even gossiped Why? Well, I’ll tell you why For they feared someone different But I meant no harm,…