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The Kiss (MF, rom)
By M. France-Dawson, 1996

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At last! Ten o'clock. Time to go home. It had been a long, hard 
day! Home ... to my lonely cell. I picked up my bag and thought of 
my room in the nurses' home. With just one tiny window high up on 
the wall, it was dark and depressing, defeating my attempts to 
brighten it up. 

I thought of the view from my window .. a view I could see only if 
I stood on the single bed. Rooftops and a huge chimney stack. Home 
.. what a laugh! I thought of the place where I was before .. 
bright and airy and with a huge garden. I was happy there. 
Correction. I was not happy there. Peta .. my golden woman .. my 
darling, beautiful, cheating Peta. Goddess, would I ever forget 
her? It has been ten years now. Ten years of grinding pain, burning 
anger, useless therapy, a slow spiral downhill to the room I now 
called home. Ten years of mistrust. Ten years of denial. Ten years 
of celibacy. Goddess I longed for her kiss. I longed for anybody's 
kiss. I ached for release.

As I walked in the dark towards the block containing my room, I saw 
a tall woman slip into the cafeteria. Just then my stomach growled 
and I realised that for the first time in years, I felt truly 
hungry. No that's not true. I have always been hungry .. mostly 
hungry for Peta .. now I hunger for ... what?

I made my way to the cafeteria and once at the counter, I found 
that I was not really hungry after all but I ordered a cup of tea 
and a toasted tea-cake. Taking a seat at one of the tables, I felt 
the hair on my body rising. I looked around to see the tall woman 
staring at me, her eyes seemed to be the deepest black. I looked 
away quickly and tried to re-focus my thoughts. A kiss is just a 
kiss .. ten years ... Peta kissing my forehead, eyes, nose, lips. 
Peta kissing me as no-one could. Peta kissing my palms, the nook of 
my elbow, my shoulders. 

Oh the beauty of those kisses. Peta kissing my breasts, stomach, 
belly button, my thighs. Goddess, the power of those kisses. Peta 
kissing me as no-one could. Peta spreading my lips and kissing ... 
Ohhh! Goddess!!! The hunger of those kisses. Peta kissing me as no-
one could.

The tea and tea-cakes arrived, breaking me from my reverie. I 
looked across to the tall woman and clearly saw her eyes - dark, 
penetrating. She was smiling! Nice lips! What? No .. no. I didn't 
mean that. She's not Peta. I quickly finished my meagre meal and 
retreated to the dark outside. I don't know how but ahead of me I 
saw the tall woman. She blew me a kiss! A kiss! That's all I 
wanted. She beckoned to me then walked away. I followed. My room's 
that away. I think ... 

The darkness seemed to envelop me like a well-fitting, soft glove. 
Suddenly there was a barn in front of me. Where did the nurses' 
home go? The tall woman stood in the doorway. She smiled. I went to 
her. All I needed was a kiss. In the darkness of the barn, she drew 
me into her arms. Ohh! All I wanted was a kiss. Just a kiss. She 
kissed my forehead, eyes, nose, lips. She kissed me as no-one 
could.

I thought of my therapy and wondered why I bothered. She kissed my 
palms, the nook of my elbow, my shoulders. Oh the beauty of those 
kisses. I thought of my loneliness and wondered why I bothered. She 
kissed my breasts, stomach, belly button, my thighs. Goddess the 
power of those kisses. She kissed me as no-one could. I thought of 
my anger and wondered why I bothered. She spread my lips and kissed 
... Ohhh! Goddess!!! The hunger of those kisses. She kissed me as 
no-one could. I thought of my pain and wondered why I bothered. 
Peta? Who's Peta? I looked in the depths of those dark, dark eyes 
and knew her for what she was. She was my saviour, my release, my 
destiny ... and more.

She smiled again and released me. Silently she pointed to the barn 
door. I thought of what awaited me out there. I looked at her and 
just as silently I raged 'No! You will not send me away'. She moved 
back into the shadows until all I could see were those eyes. 

Quickly, wordlessly, I stepped forward towards her reaching out, 
demanding her arms. She held me close and for the first time looked 
uncertain. I kissed her forehead, eyes, nose, lips. I kissed her 
palms, the nook of her elbow, her shoulders. I kissed her breasts, 
stomach, belly button, her thighs. I spread her lips and kissed ... 
Ohhh! Goddess!!! The hunger of my kisses. 

I looked deep into her eyes. She knew me for what I was. I leaned 
my head back exposing my neck, and still looking into her eyes I 
waited for the sting of her kiss.

 M. France-Dawson, 1996