forbidden fruit

forbidden fruit

this is all hypothetical, of course

i'm not admitting anything

it's strictly off the record, ok?

alright. so.

i've gotta tell ya,

shooting belt fed machine guns

and grenade launchers is really fun. i mean it.

blasting at the rusty carcasses of old cars?

i don't how to explain it......it's just somehow deeply satisfying

even ordinary demolition can be exhilarating,

like when i was thirteen, some family friends

asked my dad, my brothers and me

to deconstruct the sun room

of their big old house in san rafael

so we were smashing windows and timbers

with sledge hammers and crowbars,

there was glass and splinters flying everywhere

and even when the dust got in our throats

and sweat ran down into our eyes

it was hardly a distraction once the endorphins started flowing

another thing that's really bad but fun is this:

you gotta promise not to kill me, ok?

driving while intoxicated can be fantastic.

you get this illusion of power and skill and invincibility

totally dangerous and irresponsible

of course, but popular. fatally popular.

maybe we need designated drunken driving areas

off the public roads, at your own risk, etc .etc.

don't quote me on this, i'll deny it.

what else? well.......

heroin makes you feel incredibly ecstatic

and i believe the euphoria is more dangerous

than the risk of over dose because

you can never get enough of that golden molten feeling

it becomes more important than friends or family

or any social responsibility

i think it should be available by prescription

in heroin hotels, with comfortable lounges

and your choice of music and lighting

at an affordable price

ummmmmmm.......

adultery can be a thrill

a spicy back seat blow job on a darkened dead end street

or a glorious fuck on a hilltop under a high noon sun.

get some grass stained knees and elbows

the foxtails in her hair were not a care

as we lay panting afterwards

cooling in the breeze..........

ok, technically i had permission

an open marriage? yeah, yeah, i know

but there was still that element of transgression that somehow

made it more intense, you know what i mean?

no? you never tried it? want to?

ok, nevermind, nevermind.

this is all hypothetical, of course and strictly confidential.

besides, it's not widely known or talked about,

but in the bible, only sex with a married woman

or daughters in their father's household

was considered adultery

because women were the property

of their fathers and husbands

you see, so it was considered theft.

and the men were seen as thieves.

and the women as the sinners.

a woman is always the temptress....... crazy, huh?

but that's all outmoded of course

in our enlightened and egalitarian times.

because nobody owns us anymore, do they?

and you know, if we are each the sole owners of our bodies,

shouldn't we have the right to sell them?

or rent them would be more accurate i suppose.

i mean if recreational drugs were

cheap and legal and so was sex for money,

what profit would there be in trafficking?

no one would need to rent their bodies

in order to pay the high price of illegal drugs,

just the mortgage and their kids orthodontist bills

the neighbor next door doing tricks

would be just as respectable

as your physical therapist,

you disagree? no?

well good. but don't forget, this is off the record. 

of course, there are less controversial forbidden pleasures,

politically incorrect, but not as likely

to result in scandal.

examples? oh a lot of food taboos,

like.....milk-fed veal? it's delicious

especially veal parmigiana

or schnitzel, and anyway

all these politically correct dietary prejudices

and their self righteous

proponents are so annoying.....

no i'm not feeling guilty, i eat free range

and organic whenever i can get it.

i don't think i'll ever try dog meat though.

or horses.

you can put that in the record:

he does not eat dogs or horses.