Friday, November 9, 2007

'Carnal'

What I didn't say: I am going to be the wolf in this story that I'm about to tell you. It will not be the story of Little Red Riding Hood; not in the way that you know it anyway. But because I'm good with words and you like my voice you will immerse yourself utterly in the story that I'm about to tell you, not realizing of course that what I'm going to tell you is just--in essence--a story about you and me, tonight. And after what I will do to you someone will find me, cut me up to release you and fill whatever space that's left inside of me with heavy stones and sew me back together before throwing me off from a cliff's edge into the ocean where I can only go down, down, down.

Goodbye.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

No! Come back...

Mike Wong said...

I've not left

Su-Yin said...

Wonderfully poignant. Nicely written. And oddly frightening.

Mike Wong said...

Thank you