cave of forgotten gods
all right,
that sounded like good advice
Put your room in order first
and then your thoughts
Sure
He started looking around the room
for things that were
to be thrown and things that were
misplaced
There were a few
There was a broken snowboard
on his bed
It had the image of a naked girl
painted along
he slept with it at night
and would often find himself placing
his lips over hers
and licking at her slim, long neck
She had to go
It was time to get rid of her
and break out of this
ridiculous lifestyle
He grabbed it
Looked at the girl for a good minute
and decided to place the snowboard
under his bed
He knelt
by the side of the bed and looked
under
Alas, she had no room in there
There was the forgotten cave of
dead gods
he no longer thought about
And it was full
There were body pillows with
brown stains
Hardened socks
Doll heads
A teddy bear with a hole carved between
the legs
A drinking glass stuffed with
dishwashing sponges wrapped in plastic bags
Magazines with crumpled pages
Pictures printed on A4 paper
Sealed jars that contained small figurines
covered by a thick, brown substance
like melted wax
Those were the gods of nights
long past
They had their share of his worshiping
and had been abandoned
to rot away
There was simply no more room
for the present god
to be disposed of
“Funny,” he said
looking at her from above. “It's like
all the ones who came before you
had passed down their blessings
onto you. I… I am sorry I tried to get
rid of you, love. I’m such a fool! Don’t
strike me down, please. I’ll… I can only
try to make up for it.”
He placed the snowboard back on
the bed and
ripped two pieces from a paper towel
and placed them over the middle
of the snowboard
where the painted girl’s nakedness was exposed
He pulled his pants down
and mounted her
Rubbed his penis against the
paper towels
and showered the girl’s face with
kisses
while apologizing and shedding tears
for wronging her so much
By the time he came he
felt forgiven
and cleaned the stains that made it past
the papers with his mouth
***