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with flatulent excrement, emerging from siesta, on detachment, hurrying, naked, half-naked, naked with cartridge-packs hanging from belts girding loins, shoulders bridled by sub-machine guns, naked with helmets wrinkled from lying asleep, half-naked with slop sticking shorts to buttocks, half-naked with torsos perspiring transparent sweat ; Hamza taking sugar, tobacco, from soldiers' fists, pockets, opening door of shelter ; youth, chin bathed in jissom, gulping down penis of twin ; on upper lip curled back, jissom, mucus, running together, scintillating ; soldiers jostling Hamza, masturbated twin, knees, feet pushing youth towards back of shelter ; shoving unequal organs pell-mell against mouth, into open hands of youth ; youth, cheeks hollowed by hardened glans of soldiers pressed together, whole face touched by bundle of members --- sucked by him beside pool, hardened again at dreams in sleep {\dashcom} eye-sockets filled, hair rolled back, temples beaten by musky balls, snapping up glans nearest teeth, pulling out one hand from grip of soldier, fingers climbing up stiffened leg, catching balls hanging over bare thigh : member quivering against ear, hand groping between thighs pressed before face, seizing bunched balls : glans covered by lips, vibrating, hand of youth enveloping, starting movement to pump juice from balls dangling over slope of hairy thigh --- sand running through dry curls ; youth sucking, gulping glans into spit-filled mouth ; circumcised flesh dilating against muscular edges of lips ; glans jammed against palate, lips slipping over gnarled member ; hand tightened around balls, sliding up towards root of member : two fingers squeezing root, lips working on middle of shaft ; sweat flowing over soldier's thigh, pearling on phalanges, on edge of lips, of shepherd ; bare legs sliding over ankles, bare thighs, sexual cluster of soldier touching toes curled back in kneeling ; soldier, throwing arms around shepherd's loins, sliding over fat of buttocks, pressing bare torso down onto back of youth, squashing balls against rough toes of him suffocating, squirming, pulling back, mouth filled with heavy, pearl jissom --- masturbated soldier squeezing thigh around mouth distended in front : root of penis, 
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under pressure, expelling intermittent jissom spreading in clots over shepherd's tongue ; shepherd, with jissom-smeared hand --- other hand, opened, crushed, pulled apart, made to touch, palpate, knead, unsheathe, shake soldiers' members {\dashcom} groping for other balls, eyes closed beneath ardent glans, lips sucking at softened member of soldier ; blocked between two others, pelvis askew, shorts, unbuttoned, held up by raised hip, soldier, naked, helmeted, jugular vein bridling panting throat, masturbating, shoulders compressed, thrusting ejaculating member against lips of shepherd ; youth --- at contact of sticky flesh --- blocking glans of sucked soldier inside cheek, pulling out tongue, licking member, rammed against cheek, of soldier with helmet : member discharging, jissom bathing chin of youth ; helmeted soldier, shoving other soldiers aside, pushing belly towards shepherd's mouth ; shepherd, with flick of tongue, catching member in mouth ; soldier, naked, belt strung with chargers, sitting behind shepherd, pressing member between buttocks --- denuded by rubbing of lower belly --- of youth : youth rolling, inside mouth, against member of masturbated soldier, member --- still ejaculating --- of helmeted soldier ; cow, underneath Hamza lying back resting, eyes half-closed --- between legs, stiffened in turn, of dolichocephalic soldiers, movement of flesh, of skin, sucked, bridled, swollen, retracted, scintillating from throat, ears, of shepherd, to torso, of masturbated soldier, to throat, of helmeted soldier, lower down, level with hay, from breasts, ankles, of belted soldier, towards lower belly drawn tight in slit of shepherd's buttocks {\dashcom} flicking tongue between Hamza's thighs, delving into skin, membranes, flaps of shorts, pubic curls, mixed together, stuck with jissom {\slash} {\td} \said{Mama President, grant us one fatted calf{\td} even caked with shit, riddled with pox, orifices of this precious akli are narrower, softer than yours, rotting teeth cannot wound our members unsheathed{\thd} costly flesh, for three fistfuls of tobacco, five of sugar{\thd} bubonic flesh{\thd} mouth that sucks member of immaculate lord{\thd} O Mama President, given to us hungry ones at frontier of great desert by our President of the river, of the electrified bush{\thd} O Mama 
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President Odalisque, Mistress of Whores{\thd}} ; mauve reflection undulating over sweaty coccyx of helmeted soldier : stiffened for second orgasm, clasping splayed hands onto shepherd's skull crowned with glans ; mouth of youth, exposed, two members removed, invested by other members, tapered, twisted, knotted, pock-marked, smooth ; belted soldier, hitching up body against rump of shepherd, tipping youth forward, pinning him onto ground, pressing sweaty body onto boy's body wrapped in stinking rags, stiffening high coppery legs, buggering boy ; knees burying into straw-dust, chargers beating into loins of youth, belt streaming with sweat, bridling buttocks of buggering soldier ; soldiers kneeling before head of shepherd ; leaning against straw, lowering bellies towards dusty skull, pressing straining members towards face squashed beneath the black stone ; youth, chilling under constricted lungs, advancing mouth in front of distended cheeks, opening lips, pressing mouth over glans ; soldiers, thighs, legs, stiffened on one side, other side of bridled knee, masturbating, discharging between spreading lips, collapsing on top of two bodies coupled ; soldier buggering, after three spurts, standing up, shit bubbling at rim of arse ; stepping over rump of youth, going outside, fiery rays catching, biting sticky penis ; squatting against barbed wire, behind mound of swollen tar overlooking incandescent slope of desert ; excrement bursting under buttocks, belt leashing stomach, member dangling shit-caked over sand ; with each burst of shit, clot of jissom expelled by violaceous glans ; on threshold of Morse-room, post-commander sprawling, thin shorts, shirt, drawn back around navel, fists lifting up gazelle gorged with concentrated milk, letting animal fall back, legs flailing, onto swollen belly ; gradual, warmer with each descent, downy arse of animal touching commander's lower belly, commander rolling onto one side, hugging gazelle, coat tressed by sweat, against chest, raising leg, pushing animal back towards thighs, gripping upper hind leg behind articulation of knee ; hands palpating Muzzle, fingers pressing into ears of animal bleating ; penis, through shorts, spurring belly, arse of gazelle ; belted soldier 
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wiping arse with fingers, rubbing fingers in sand ; vultures, gathered around pool, snapping up clots of jissom ; soldiers, one by one, coming out of shelter, laughing, goading others forward with knees, bodies lightened, thighs shining ; inside shelter, two twins, throats dried by masturbation, suckling, sprawled, fingers interlaced around teat ; alone, helmeted soldier --- helmet slipped down over nape, freeing blue hair {\dashcom} lying on youth, buggering with powerful thrusts of pelvis, hair standing in flaming locks swinging shining ; quick jissom forcing back, in shepherd's corroded arse, excremental gluey jissom of previous soldier ; laughter overwhelming panting torso ; pot tipped over, shining in straw-dust : shepherd's freed eyes staring at flow of slop along rim of vessel ; helmeted soldier, head raised, hands crossed flat across nape of youth, whinnying ; shepherd's buttocks, compressed by soldier's thighs, trembling : during erection, scaly cuticle sticking to smooth, hairless skin of soldier ; pulling apart, after orgasm : sweat of soldier cooling ; soldier standing up, member unsheathed beating against thigh, lifting up shepherd's head with foot buried under chin : cheeks of youth, forehead, hands spread out in hay, drying, turning pale ; eyes revulsing ; soldier picking up curry-comb --- for stripping sheep --- from hay, crouching down, scraping boy's buttocks, loins, back ; abscesses bursting between teeth of comb ; blood flushing, forehead, cheeks, hands of shepherd reddening, grime in fleshy folds, in wrinkles, shining with sweat ; helmeted soldier tossing away comb, lifting loins --- clot of jissom, expelled from member by nervous tension of pelvic muscles, spurting onto soldier's thigh, rolling onto knee {\dashcom} rising up, legs stiffened, onto sweaty toes, hardening penis, hitching it higher ; spitting, onto head of resuscitated shepherd, saliva mixed with stew ; youth, at sound of sucking lips, of erectile muscles around penis, moaning : soldier spitting ; shepherd burying face inside elbow of bare arm ; Hamza, shifting pot with tip of foot ; youth raising head, pulling up chest, leaning on fist pressed against ground ; soldier, muscles relaxed, moving forward, clamping shoulder of shepherd between knees ;
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youth placing lips --- blood flowing back under feverish cuticle --- over soldier's glans, licking film of grimy jissom, eyes closed, legs pressed beneath buttocks, arse, throat, sticky, shoulders drooping ; sucking up final thread ; soldier, cheek tipped down against shoulder, raising hand, finger-nail gathering tear at corner of eyelid ; eyes of shepherd opening, staring, pale, flecked red, at bloody copper-coloured eyes of helmeted soldier pressing boy's face against thighs, letting brown saliva run from half-open mouth, in filament over shepherd's nape ; Hamza pulling flute --- taken from boy --- from pocket, pressing pipe into shorts, between buttocks, twisting mouthpiece in soiled arse ; straightening up, walking on knees towards shepherd, grabbing leg of helmeted soldier \colsaid{{\td}Assa, you cook egg and potatoes ?} ; soldier, starting back, detaching glans from bubonic lips of youth, wiping hair of him dazed by fever, heavy sigh swelling, hollowing torso : hair, cinders, mixed, frizzing in sweat between breasts ; shepherd, freed, stretching out arm towards pot ; Hamza springing up, striking boy's wrist with tooth-comb soiled with pus, diving, on knees, hugging boy from front, mouth open miming, turned away from poxy face, bites marked on scalp with kisses ; shepherd drawing lips towards Hamza's slavering mouth ; Hamza spitting ; shepherd pulling back spattered lips ; Hamza picking up fistfuls of hay ; tufts entwined around fingers, fists pummelling boy's loins, digging into fat of buttocks : wet rag --- pulled away from arse by soldiers {\dashcom} wrung in fist, discharging load of spent jissom ; Hamza, drawing away from shepherd, straightening up, leaning back, standing against door opened back : helmeted soldier squatting beside petrol-tank, shitting in sand, eyes closed, pubis, lower belly, thighs exhausted, penis mangled --- in front of excremental ditch, wide body of woman moulded in sand by soiled fingers of soldiers, clots of jissom superimposed on belly of figure ; Hamza masturbating, flute whistling ; jissom spurting, drowning trill ; shepherd aspiring spurts of jissom running in shaken tube ; member dried out, Hamza abandoning shepherd ; shepherd standing up, wiping rags --- in hay, rags torn during buggery from loins, from 
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buttocks, lying stuck together, among jissom-smeared sheaves ; Hamza, other twin, jumping up, grabbing shoulders, pushing boy outside, clenched fists sliding over buttocks shining with jissom, with pus ; beside barbed wire, lying youth down in sand ; each holding one ear, squatting, shitting, on one side, other side, of poxy head ; in cirque, throwing youth, covered in sand, at feet of nomad ; nomad, tearing roast lizard between teeth --- veil wrapping lips soiled with cinders, with grease {\dashcom} cramming tail, feet, into shepherd's mouth ; Hamza, running back to camp, crossing through bunk-house packed with simmering bodies, naked, half-naked, sprawled out away from incandescent partitions, opening bag, taking out vaporizer of \propernoun{Eau de Cologne}, stuffing bottle into pocket, running back in long strides, running back towards cirque : nomad, lizard devoured, wiping lips with strip of veil spread over shepherd's chest ; shepherd seated between thighs of nomad, crunching scales of lizard's tail, claws --- tongue of youth emerging, thick, between teeth, to lick greasy fingers of nomad ; Hamza crouching down, breathless, vaporizing, between thighs of shepherd, rag sheathing sexual cluster ; nomad wrenching vaporizer from Hamza's fist, caressing blue bottle, grey bulb, vaporizing skull of shepherd huddled against chest, placing lips bridled by veil onto perfumed skull ; beneath rag, shepherd's member twitching, stiffening ; nomad laying hand over shepherd's sexual cluster : abscesses bursting with hardening of flesh : shepherd lifting up head turned back, drawing mouth towards nomad's bridled lips ; nomad flinging head back, squeezing fingers over hardened member of shepherd, through rag ; fingers moving down onto slope of thigh ; on contact with oozing groin, recoiling ; twins, bellies bridled, throats nauseous, arses, members exuding sticky sweat, standing aside~; heads turned back steaming at edge of cirque, gaze piercing, through haze of incandescence, golden blood-flecked eyes of shepherd smeared with dirt ; at movement of lips enveloping, sucking charred head of lizard, twins' members stiffening inside shorts ; crouching back down near barbed wire, shitting again onto imprint of youth's body dragged over sand ;
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young nomad leaning against gate of camp, opposite pool, holding his akli by shoulder ; twins, shit greasing chafed buttocks, trampling on sand ; nomad bending down, face bridled, gripping leg of youth, caressing wounds, lifting up denuded leg, blowing onto bleeding heel, letting go of leg, standing in front of youth, thrusting long smooth hand between thighs, pulling aside, with fist, rag covering member, grabbing embalmed sexual cluster, pressing organs back against belly, finger-nails catching raw membranes ; shepherd raising extended thigh ; eyes rolling under pock-marked eyelids ; Hamza undoing shorts, folding back flap over thigh, thumb of nomad touching literacy-medal pinned inside cloth ; Hamza unhooking medal, pressing disc into nomad's hand ; nomad fixing medal onto veil bridling eyes ; pushing shepherd outside camp ; Hamza, other twin, shoulders joined, squatting, drinking from trough in long draughts, sprinkling whole bodies with red water from hose-pipe held in hands ; standing up, streaming, each diving at other, hugging, falling, rolling in sand, slumping down, each squeezing each other's stiffened member, biting foreheads, crawling, stuck together, sand covering bare shoulders, head shaken in kiss : skull, ears, scarified throat, nape, marked by mesh of hamac ; Hamza's fists digging into sand under belly, delving into sand-filled shorts of twin ; Assa emerging from bunk-house, naked, helmeted ; mauve feet grinding into burning sand ; sand caught on streaks of jissom over thighs, streaks of shit on fat of buttocks ; other soldiers jostling behind, members stiffened naked, stiffened inside shorts, stiffened inside pants ; gripping fat of Assa's buttocks ; nomad, shepherd, pressed close to camels, drawing away distant, bowed beneath wind, nomad, medal glimmering on veil between eyes, vaporizing skull, thighs, buttocks of youth, exposed with each gust of wind {\twoslash} whore-master standing beside bed, dry jissom sparkling over bridled skin, trampling Khemissa's clothes underfoot, sliding big toe of raised foot through tear in jeans, on outer edge of back pocket, pressing toes against seam of crotch, tip of foot catching pants stuck to jeans, pulling pants out of jeans ; lifting up leg, grabbing pants in fist ; 
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meanwhile, Khemissa moaning --- growling in throat, lips releasing drop of foam onto sheet {\dashcom} asleep, tightening buttocks around key, whore-master slipping boy's pants on : hem of pants rubbing into secretions of thigh-joint ; whore-master squashing hardened penis against thigh, cotton soaking up moisture of sexual cluster stimulated by successive scrutinization --- loins arched, fingers spread over hips --- of Khemissa's smooth flattened buttocks, smooth rosy cheeks ; member spurring pants, glans pressed back against cotton, approaching bed, leaning over Khemissa, projecting heat of thighs onto naked body, light hand turning key in boy's arse ; boy jumping, hip striking engorged member of whore-master, rolling over onto back, raising knee, cheek streaked with foam, towards master's member, knee touching testicles drawn out of buttressed pants ; laugh exploding, shaking boy's torso ; eyes buried in cheeks creased with laughter, fixing eyes of whore-master, oblique under shading lashes, pulling key out from under genital cluster ; whore-master leaning forward, squatting down, mouth drawn forward level with Khemissa's belly ; boy spreading fingers over master's lips ; trembling laughter --- breath of whore-master bathing hips, side of belly --- freeing, at tip of member, drops of urine held back after buggery by whore-master, during sleep ; drops rolling over downy slope of thigh ; whore-master, slipping arm under shoulders bathed in sweat beneath sheet, standing, pulling Khemissa up squeezing sexual cluster, still sticky, in fist ; whore-master hugging boy from behind, pushing boy along balmy bed to window ; one hand sliding pants down over thighs, other enclosing hand of boy --- holding penis swollen with urine ; Khemissa, hand pressed by whore-master's fingers, releasing contracted bladder ; master sliding erect penis between boy's buttocks ; urine, jissom, spurting ; all muscles of legs pressed together, relaxing ; whore-master thrusting mouth into Khemissa's wavy hair, hand groping at testicles ; in palm of master's hand, boy's member emptying : arched stream drilling into sand beside butcher's lad shitting ; apron-string trailing in excrements ; burning stream splashing bare foot of lad, head raised, sniffing back 
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sandy snot ; tongue emerging from mouth : red turd emerging from arse ; whore-master kissing Khemissa's laughing torso : sand drawn up towards glans along erect member of butcher's lad ; turd staying stuck in arse ; lad flinging head to one side, shaking loins, moaning, biting shoulder, straining : arse dried out by wind : thumping buttocks, turd swinging, sticking to coccyx ; black child, naked, pulling metal cart over sand : \propernoun{Shell} oil-drum mounted on wheels, lad throwing coin before feet of boy, presenting soiled buttocks ; child dropping toy, squatting in front of buttocks, scraping turd with both hands interlaced ; lad taking another coin from pocket of bloody shirt, throwing coin over shoulder, onto sand, child covering coin with foot ; turd sliding over sand, another, embedded with tiny crushed bones, emerging from arse, child leaning cheek onto knee, grabbing, pulling turd towards sand ; opening hand under arse of lad ; lad straining : sweat diffusing blood of butchery over wrinkles of tense forehead ; child shaking hand under arse, gnashing teeth ; butcher's lad, arse closed back tight, refreshed, standing up, knee pushing away child grasping flaps at front of jeans ; buttoning up ; child biting coins, wiping hands on wall of brothel ; butcher's lad, heavy buttocks packed into jeans, walking towards wall soiled by hot stream from Khemissa, pulling head up towards bedroom ; Khemissa, shaken by whore-master's violent discharge, clapping splayed fingers over damp thighs ; sweat running through black pubic fleece ; whore-master's arms squeezing boy's torso ; whore-master's hip hollowing, swelling, against boy's loins ; butcher's lad licking traces of urine stream from wall, standing up on toes ; Khemissa pulling member down towards lad's spreading lips ; sharper discharge from whore-master flinging Khemissa forwards, glans touching lips of butcher's lad ; lad wrapping glans in tongue ; thighs of Khemissa quivering against sill ; whore-master pulling Khemissa inside ; lad pressing tongue against imprint of Khemissa's thighs on adobe ; master, Member floundering in Khemissa's jissomy arse, pushing boy, foot against foot, towards staircase : downstairs, butcher's lad, apron rolled up, twisted in open-necked shirt, hands on hips, loins arched, 
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legs spread, dense woolly hair peppered with small bones, scraps of nerve fibre, of shaken flesh, thrusting violaceous member forward, sand sparkling on glans, out of unbuttoned fly ; whore-master pulling out penis, pushing Khemissa down onto staircase, jissom flowing over legs of boy ; Khemissa, shivering, sitting on step, head, torso turned towards wall, ridge of step separating sticky buttocks ; butcher's lad, swinging penis in hand, placing foot on first step ; whore-master wiping jissomy member on hooked index ; lad raising legs, placing foot on second step, curving torso over knee --- stiffened member drawing back at crotch, pulled by movement of thigh {\dashcom} bloody hand reaching out towards Khemissa's buttock, seizing, lifting fat, eyes narrowing in head falling back over shoulder, feeling flesh, delving beneath, groping around sexual cluster ; grasping, at same time, Khemissa's tobacco-coloured hair, kissing boy's face thrown back, kissing mouth, lips spread gathering frothing saliva ; lips of lad stroking forehead, roots of hair, hand, loins, Khemissa letting body slide down, legs spread, to bottom of stairs ; flat of buttocks touching ground, dry jissom sparkling on hardened balls ; foetid body of butcher's lad, jissom circulating pumping blood in lips, crouching, leaning over languid body of Khemissa sated ; propped against wall of passage opposite latrine, Wazzag, lips soiled, scraping at lump of hardened jissom under left breast : apprentice stepping down from latrine, penis dangling out of jeans ; hands splashed with urine slicking back hair ; movement of arms lifting flaps of denim jacket, uncovering fatty folds of hips over top of jeans ; Wazzag drawing apprentice close, pulling at jeans ; buttoning fly spotted with minium, pulling jeans up above waist, palms covering compressed buttocks, stroking till jissom, smeared over buttocks, soaks through denim ; finger-tips grinding into gluey spots ; apprentice arching loins, taking wide head of whore between palms, squashing, wiping. over forehead, his lips. nostrils blocked with snot ; Wazzag, palms massaging sticky buttocks of apprentice panting, licking, aspiring snot ; bitter fluid running from forehead, sticking to eyebrows of whore ; butcher's lead lying, fully dressed,
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over Khemissa, turning boy over onto belly ; bloody apron covering 
Khemissa's back, nape ; apprentice, jeans stuck to skin, advancing 
towards counter ; Wazzag wiping hands at hips, leaning in corner of 
ge ; apprentice, stopped in middle of room, fingering spongy 
flesh between thighs ; butcher's lad aroused by Wazzag's odour, 
rearing up, fist squashing flat of Khemissa's buttocks, swinging 
around, diving, member pointing stiff, onto Wazzag, hugging whore 
from behind, panting, snarling, against wall flecked with saltpetre ; 
Wazzag, head bent down into fleshy folds of neck, licking fingers 
interlaced under breasts : regular strokes of tongue on phalanges, 
between fingers, on nails : saltpetre sprinkling in powder over shaken 
hair ; testicles of lad hanging cold over fat of Wazzag's buttocks ; 
apprentice picking up twin, wiping, with flaps of denim jacket, 
buttocks soiled with sticky dust, marked on top by imprint of lad's 
bloody fist ; whore-master throwing down Khemissa's clothes from 
top of stairs ; turning back seam of pants --- slipped on back to front 
---, against lower belly ; pubic fleece showing bluish through knit of 
cotton ; whore-master stroking luxury label ; Khemissa dressing, over 
naked loins ; Khemissa's twin, denim stuck smooth against buttocks, 
thin fold bordering edge of arse, smoking cigarette between lips 
soiled with snot ; thumbs stuck in jeans, over fly ; smoke enveloping 
slimy head ; butcher's lad greasing Wazzag ; whore-master snapping 
elastic of pants against belly : {\gl}{\td} I keep this for payment{\thd} my 
intended, come back quick, let these pants squeeze our thighs 
together, our buttocks, our members{\thd} my whore, I will give you back 
your prize on feast days{\td} go{\thd} let your juices seep from bare flesh..{\gr} 
i whore-master going back to bed, stretching out on belly, exhaustion 
Of buggery bringing sleep ; apprentice moving over to wall, grabbing 
Wazzag's chin, butcher's lad thrusting knee into thigh ; Wazzag, 
quick, Stroking hip of apprentice; butcher's lad spitting into 
apprentice's ear, bloodshot eyes of lad piercing eyes, veiled, drowsy, 
Of apprentice ; {\gl}{\td} leave the bitch, she's mine{\thd} my turn to 
Slaughter{\thd} she's under my spell{\thd} offers her throat{\td} I knew her from 
start{\thd} fed her with thorns from steppes{\thd} tongue still torn to 
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shreds{\thd}{\gr} ; Wazzag keeping scarred tongue inside mouth ; 
apprentice shifting hip to one side : {\gl} go upstairs, bring back my 
brother's luxury prize{\thd}{\gr} ; butcher's lad grabbing jacket of 
apprentice ; apprentice, squashing glowing tip of cigarette against 
sticky buttocks, pulling lad's fist away ; lad's member retracting in 
Wazzag's arse ; violent lurch pulling member out ; apprentice 
leaping, forcing butcher's lad onto knees, laying boy out on ground. 
fist pressed against nape ; Wazzag running off, climbing up to 
bedroom, leaning over whore-master sleeping, pinching pants 
against loins, pulling down towards legs ; butcher's lad, standing. 
striking member of apprentice, jumping forward, spinning around to 
face apprentice, leaning back against latrine, unrolling apron, pulling 
up cloth in front of torso, springing forward ; apprentice bearing 
down, fists between thighs ; flinging apron into face ; Wazzag, pulling 
pants over top of legs, slipping hand under whore-master's belly. 
pulling out member ; Wazzag stroking nape, hair, of whore-master 
growling ; Khemissa, dressed, nibbling pomegranate left on counter 
by Khamssieh, fist closed around chunk bitten out by Khamssieh . 
Wazzag clasping pants in fist, kissing luxury label, lifting leg. slipping 
pants on, crouching down, rummaging in master's possessions piled 
in corner on floor, pulling out broken mirror --- high in deserted 
brothel on stormy evenings over steppes, his shivering dogs 
smeared with stale jissom pacing through saloon under wavering 
light, whore-master examines downy underside of his sexual cluster 
pressed up over lower belly --- ; tipping mirror against thigh, under 
clothed sexual organs ; laughing ; holding mirror behind, label 
sprouting, frayed, over skin of buttock ; butcher's lad wrapping head 
of apprentice in bloody apron, apprentice howling ; Wazzag throwing 
mirror onto pile, going back down into saloon ; buttocks quivering. 
hugged in cotton ; at bottom of stairs, rubbing thighs on cotton. 
pulling pants up over navel, raising leg. grabbing foot, rubbing horny 
skin against sexual cluster tucked inside cotton ; Khemissa coming 
forward, teeth catching pomegranate, striking belly of whore with 
both fists, thrusting leg forward, pulling pants down --- toes caught 
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under elastic ; pomegranate falling inside denim jacket buckled 
beneath ribs : {\gl}{\thd} dog, give back my prize{\td} man's arse is all your 
clothes.{\gr} ; Wazzag bent over, taking off pants ; Khemissa taking 
ts from Wazzag's hand ; Wazzag leaning on wall, stroking thighs, 
sexual cluster, buttocks ; Khemissa stuffing pants into pocket ; 
butcher's lad, apprentice, heads covered, wrestling against door of 
latrine, hands on necks, knees knocking; lad's member retracted 
rigid, poking out of bloody jeans, curving back against fly of 
apprentice ; falling back onto ground, fists striking faces ; Wazzag 
approaching, two youths standing up, jostling around whore, panting, 
Wazzag grabbing members, naked inside jeans ; muscles relaxing, 
breath mixing over throat of whore : {\gl} keep the bitch{\thd}{\gr}, apprentice, 
breathing in long draughts, pulling Wazzag's hand from crotch, 
slicking back hair wet with sweat : {\gl}{\td} in exchange, cut us two kids' 
hearts for this evening{\thd}{\gr} ; apprentice walking away, hand on 
Khemissa's shoulder, rushing twin towards door, turning slimy latch : 
{\gl}., exhaust the bitch{\thd} you have your knives{\thd} I have my mallets, my 
hammers.{\gr} ; outside {\td} two twins, stuck together, kissing on mouth, 
bodies arched in flying sand ; naked black child abandoning toy on 
slope of dune strewn with bones, with excrements, approaching 
youths, picking up fistful of sand, rubbing sticky buttocks of 
apprentice ; warm sand adhering to denim, absorbing jissom ; child 
tubbing seam of crotch ; apprentice biting Khemissa's mouth, two 
twins mixing saliva ; buttocks of apprentice, squeezed in jeans, 
founding out, wet sand sliding down legs, child scraping remaining 
film of jissom with finger-nails ; apprentice taking coin out of back 
Pocket of jeans pressed under child's palm, throwing money onto 
sand ; child fetching coin with tip of foot, kicking into air, catching in 
shining hand ; Wazzag returning, standing against saltpetred wall ; 
butcher's lad, muscles again tensing, wiping sweaty forehead with 
flap of apron ; one hand separating buttocks of whore, thumb spread 
index in gluey curls ; bringing swollen penis forward, digging 
Nn buttocks, pulling out, turning away from whore, going into 
Pen latrine, pissing hard, hot, coming out of latrine, pressing 
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splashed legs against legs of Wazzag, seizing fleshy folds around 
loins of whore propped on one hip while worker pissing, twisting 
apron in shirt, thumb scraping jissom clogging fleece around 
Wazzag's arse, positioning marbled member in arse, shaking hand. 
pressing finger against lips of whore, to lick ; club-foot, stirring in 
bolted latrine ; butcher's lad labouring over haunches of whore. 
cheek to cheek, tongue protruding, Sticky with saliva bitter with gall, 
licking Wazzag's fat dried lips : {\gl}{\td} you're my second beast this 
morning{\td} first one a calf{\td} took my time killing it{\thd}{\gr}, Wazzag's eyes 
palpitating under palm of hand : {\gl}{\td} right front hoof twitched against 
my bare foot. {\gr}, knees of lad striking Wazzag's hams, hot jissom, 
expelled, burning in loins of whore {\thd} {\gl}, under shock of mallet. 
feathered head, covered in dew, sliding over my belly, catching on 
jeans, muzzle bleeding in my cupped hand{\td} branded ewes, kids 
bleating in darkened yard{\thd} free flocks rolling between walls of 
streaked adobe{\thd} my member stiffens, pressed bare against neck of 
calf{\thd}{\gr} ; whore-master rolling moaning on bed : {\gl} butcher{\td} whore- 
master{\thd} your bitch feels love for me{\thd} tail, arm wrapping around my 
arse{\td} nose spitting out love-snot{\td} {\gr}, jissom overflowing, oozing back 
from arse after fourth discharge, running down legs, flowing over 
hams ; heel ; Wazzag's feet, feet of butcher's lad, bathing in jissom 
lad grabbing ears of whore, stiffening, labouring, discharging, 
member buried in tangle of jissomy curls : {\gl}{\thd} my bare feet paddling 
in blood of calf{\thd} butcher, whore-master, for you : earth, water, flesh 
jissom, meat, blood, for you : dung, eggs, hay{\thd} nomad, bury your 
excrement{\thd} whore, hold back your jissom{\thd} cattle, flee{\thd} {\gr} ; rough 
tongue of lad undulating over Wazzag's shoulder ; bushy hair. 
shaken, sweeping over nape, over cheek of whore, hand playing with 
whore's sexual cluster ; whore tipping head sideways, muscled neck 
nibbled by lad's rotten teeth, breaking into sharp bursts of rough 
laughter, arching back, hollowing sweaty rump, leaning on one hip --- 
lad's penis slipping out of arse ---, flinging hands behind lad's body 
--- hands gripping buttocks, nails hooked onto seam of crotch, seam 
of back pocket of jeans, drawing lad close against simmering body 
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straightening hips ; member of lad, excited by pressure of hands, by 
nails of whore stroking jeans, swelling, poking back into Wazzag's 
arse --- jissom streaming over relaxed legs, run out as Wazzag pulled 
dreamy lad up against own body, uncoupled ; dripping over curls on 
sides of buttocks, gluing folds of jeans onto lad's thighs ; wrinkles 
of member smoothing out with pressure of jissom, fist bowing 
Wazzag's nape ; whore, torso inclined, hands pressed against knees, 
bumping forehead onto saltpetred wall ; butcher's lad thumping fists 
into articulation at middle of Wazzag's body, into folds of groin, body 
beating against haunches of whore ; wet friction of jeans on coccyx 
of lad, trace of excrement melting in red sweat ; long orgasm 
narrowing, veiling eyes, trembling torso jumping in jerks ; hands of 
Wazzag covering damp convulsive hands of lad, hooked onto belly ; 
butcher's lad stiffening legs, rubbing thighs against buttocks of 
whore, all of frenzied body contracting ; toe-nails, bending back 
against those of Wazzag, scratching : short fluid spurt from glans 
expelling deposit of previous discharge, clearing duct charged with 
heavy jissom ; Wazzag, wrinkles over square forehead rolling under 
brown curls pressed back streaked with saltpetre, sniffing up 
apprentice's snot ; hands of sated butcher's lad palpating belly, 
fingers pulling at pubic fleece ; whore-master, returned downstairs, 
sliding fingers into back pocket of lad's jeans, pulling ; at same time, 
Shaking shoulder, slipping hand over Wazzag's buttocks, between 
two bodies enrobed in sweat --- cold : butcher's lad, warm : Wazzag 
--- Pressing at root of lad's member, bitter breath bathing ear of lad 
+ eulet go, little killer,{\thd} how many times, Wazzo?..{\gr} ; whore, head 
against wall, stamping on ground, eight times :{\td} {\gl} eight livers for my 
dogs, little killer, with cartilage, with guts{\thd} {\gr} ; whore-master's thumb 
flicking Out penis of butcher's lad ; Wazzag, uncoupled, edging along 
wall, towards latrine : stepping inside ; legs spread, member 
bouncing against thighs, pissing, soft, in dank darkness, saltpetre 
ling over neck, heel slapping in jissom on foot-slab ; whore-master 
Seing into second latrine, pulling away plate beside club-foot's feet 
; bits of egg squashed over mouth, shitting, contracted buttocks 
% 65 
raised over edge of hole, foot jammed against ridge of foot-slab 
Wazzag, downy knee streaming with piss, emerging, moving towards 
butcher's lad leaning --- legs spread, penis drooping over jeans --- 
against dirt-spattered wall ; apron rolled up, twisted, bulging under 
bloody shirt ; Wazzag --- whore-master picking up plate licked clean 
--- seizing member of lad ; other hand grabbing balls through jeans 
; laughing, palpating ; butcher's lad, head tipped onto shoulder. 
moaning, legs stiffening ; Wazzag pumping slimy member, crouching 
licking, pumping ; member softened, lad relaxing muscles ; whore- 
master emerging from latrine ; Wazzag rising, chest swelling 
touching chest of butcher's lad through sweaty shirt, pushing lad's 
member back into fly, buttoning jeans, pulling twisted apron out of 
shirt, smoothing, spreading apron over front of lad's body, pushing 
stiffened penis over to one side of apron stitched in rough-cut skin 
in sackcloth ; whore-master putting plate on zinc counter ; Wazzag 
pecking kiss at dried mouth of butcher's lad ; lad holding back vomit 
--- whore pressing lips onto those, pinched together convulsive, of 
lad ; whore-master grasping Wazzag's hair, drawing whore close 
knee pushing forward towards garden ; Wazzag, bloody body bitten 
by rays of fire, sprawling in burying sand, hitching up head towards 
shifting shadow of tamarisk ; butcher's lad sliding down wall ; whore- 
master catching boy under armpits, standing body straight, turning 
on tap, wetting hand in jet, gathering water in hand, splashing lad's 
forehead ; lad sniffing up droplets, coughing, spitting phlegm onto 
wall pulling away from whore-master, tying apron around loins 
Wazzag quivering, standing facing light at threshold of garden. 
upright, in front of passage, sand running over slimy skin, pink glans 
vibrating at tip of hardened member, against coppery-black surface 
of belly ; smile wandering, transparent under amber skin of cheeks 
of forehead, of lips ; behind, on tarmac beyond barrier bordering 
garden, bevy of women walking against wind, jewels clinking under 
folds --- scarlet, mauve --- of black gandourahs ; carrying bundles 
of green wheat, barley, on shoulders, against breasts, laughing 
Wazzag, lips spreading, tossing back head ; with amber hand, downy 
% 66 
above, smooth pink beneath, stroking member, balls, eye drawn 
white towards women ; butcher's lad coming outside ; whore-master 
approaching, turning around whore ; Wazzag's drawn gaze deviated 
by approaching rotations of whore-master ; hip brushing against hip 
of whore, against hand, against scabs of dried blood on rump, 
whore-master :{\td} {\gl} {\td} shake your hair, your head, body, groin, brows, 
lashes. ears, fingers{\td} {\gr} ; Wazzag shaking whole body, raising arm, 
blowing down under armpits, up into eyes, flicking at pubic fleece, 
spreading fingers, shaking hand, spreading buttocks, bending over, 
slipping thumb into slit of arse : {\gl}{\thd} leave that{\thd} adults, babies, eggs, 
all drown down there{\td} {\gr}, straightening up, dried blood crumbling 
over loins : {\gl}{\thd} remove aprons from butchers{\thd} you stink of calf's 
blood{\td} what is grease to date-picker, date-sugar to lubricator, blood 
spurted from your lips, your nostrils?{\td} no man wants blood of 
butcher's shop, unless boiled,{\td} not even hospital boy {\gr} ; whore- 
master slapping palms, wrinkled in sleep, against flat of whore's 
buttocks, Wazzag pressing lips towards neck --- downy in hollow 
between muscles ---, eye fixed on pink lips of women : {\gl}{\thd}. drain all 
jissom from their men, drillers of Amguid{\thd} arrived from desert this 
Morning, unloading equipment at water-tower{\thd} getting paid{\thd} 
covered with dust, muscles hardened, clothes steeped in sweat, they 
tush to brothel, jump on you{\thd} five men{\thd} belly-muscles hardened by 
handle of pneumatic drill{\thd} they fuck lying down{\thd} I've only you and 
club-foot to serve them{\thd} {\gr}, whore-master fondling fat of Wazzag's 
buttocks, coccyx, bottom of hips, fingers brushing over mark from 
elastic of pants ; blood bubbling in throat of whore ; whore-master 
Pinching mark : {\gl} {\thd} my jissom resting in his loins ; awake, asleep, my 
stiffened member has been in his pants{\thd} I'll feed him liver{\thd} {\gr} ; 
whore-master going up stairs, into bedroom, crouching under gas- 
fing, opening green plastic bucket, pulling out in handfuls scraps of 
boiled meat : cartilage, guts, in pink mass swelling transparent 
Plastic ; Wazzag springing onto staircase, edging --- slow, simmering 
--- along bedroom wall, over to encrusted gas-ring ; slaver frothing 
at comers of lips ; whore-master plunging scraps back into stew, 
% 67 
pulling, lifting basket against chest, going down stairs ; hitched up 
on sweaty toes, blaze of hair skin eyes nails body-hair reinforced 
curves of cheeks shoulders chest buttocks hams shaped afresh 
capturing all light, Wazzag, standing in front with head turned back 
quivering, eyes fixed on tepid mass slopping, held against whore- 
master's chest ; master placing bucket in front of bolted latrine 
moving away : Wazzag, whimpering, crouching, plunging head into 
bucket, lapping up stew ; teeth catching on meaty bone ; face rising 
smattered with juice, bone held up against nostrils ; plunging back 
down ; Wazzag, spitting out bone, gobbling soft meat, cartilage 
broken by cooking, swallowing chunks unchewed ; gulping. 
swallowing ; muscles of neck, stiffened, dilating under pressure of 
pieces swallowed ; top of belly hollowing, bottom swelling ; pushing 
bone aside with muzzle, snuffling meaty juices ; whore's member. 
softened, bouncing on thighs, hands trembling on rim of bucket 
whore-master pulling at hips of whore, grasping hair, neck, pulling 
Wazzag growling, gravy drowning cry ; whore-master seizing 
shoulders, knee striking small of back, stroking nape ; on wall 
mucus of butcher's lad dripping ; on ground, jissom spreading out 
drying ; whore-master, Wazzag's mouth growling against arm, pulling 
meaty bone from bucket, holding bone between fingers above mouth 
of Wazzag rearing up on haunches, rounded buttocks pressed firm 
against heels ; tongue of whore touching bone ; whore-master letting 
bone drop, Wazzag catching morsel between teeth, crouching, sidling 
along wall to garden ; leaning back against tamarisk, nibbling bone 
tearing, swallowing meat, neck thrown back --- smooth, straining 
spurred at top by swallowed lump ; shambling across garden ; whore- 
master opening latrine, placing bucket on foot-slab ; club-foot 
straightening up, pulling up scrap of pink meat rimmed with fat. 
lifting fist over face flung back, juicy scrap of meat trailing over lips 
: sucked into mouth ; whore-master lifting leg ; toes stroking club- 
foot's straining neck, jamming neck into corner ; body suffocating - 
scrap of meat, half-swallowed, not chewed, obstructing gullet . 
whore-master grabbing hair of choking boy, bowing head towards 
% 68 
hole, placing foot over meat-scrap trailing with one end stuck to layer 
of excrement, pushing head of body back up, into corner ; scrap of 
meat emerging, dripping with slaver ; body panting, catching scrap 
--- still stuck to chin --- between teeth, sucking, swallowing ; whore- 
master pulling meat from mouth, scrap coiling up in hole ; body 
heaving, pressing back into corner ; whore-master lifting bucket, 
opening mouth in view of body, tipping bucket towards fat lips of 
body ; lips opening, master pouring meat-juice, in small doses ; eyes 
of body, after each mouthful, looking up, shining ; lid of bucket 
beating against throat ; Wazzag sitting cross-legged on hay, in shed 
--- acid odour of apprentice lingering ---. nibbling at bone, sniffing 
at pockets of air embalmed with jissom, with minium, tearing meat 
from bone : all around, in shifting hay, jissom dripping mixed with 
dust, with sand ; Wazzag's piglets grunting in shed, his birds, driven 
up into beams during coupling, drawn by smell of meat, perching on 
shoulders ; member, stiffening at din of club-foot choking, bouncing 
back over heels pressed together : pinching balls between hard 
sticky corns ; club-foot, belly bloated, rising up, positioning feet on 
foot-slab, crouching ; whore-master holding lightened bucket against 
chest, closing door ; excrement bursting shiny pink, burying 
disgorged meat-scrap in hole ; whore-master carrying bucket back 
up to bedroom ; Wazzag stuffing bone into saltpetred hole of wall, 
standing up, wiping hands on hips ; women wandering over tarmac ; 
Wazzag approaching, pressing swollen belly against trellis, slipping 
member between two strips of reed, panting : women turning back ; 
one girl, shaved head unveiled, cheeks reddened with henna, black 
breasts pressed against neck-line of open gandourah, throwing body 
against trellis, bending, hairs glistening under armpits, gripping 
bundle of barley, propped against fence ; Wazzag's arm hugging. 
Pulling girl against body half hidden by trellis : member swelling cut 
een strips, whole mouth kissing lips, ears, neck, breasts, of 
shaved girl ; girl held at waist, struggling, spitting, toes hollowing 
Sand, bending sharp tips of reeds against Wazzag's bloated belly ; 
ther women, seated on sand, languid, rolling onto sides ; rumps 
% 69 
rounding under black dresses ; lying on sand propped up on elbows. 
fists creasing cheeks, pouring sand over breasts ; in trees, thorns 
pricking flowers in wind : Wazzag groaning ; member reddening. 
pinched ; hands, jerking, stroking loins of shaved girl ; girl 
undulating against trellis ; Wazzag, head buried in breasts, moaning 
; shaved girl pressing chin onto Wazzag's nape, rubbing chin, hands 
stroking hips of whore, fingers pinching, rolling up gandourah. 
sliding against trellis ; veins palpitating on skull ; elbows squeezing 
rolled-up gandourah against hips, hands pulling reeds apart : 
Wazzag's member retracting into pubic fleece ; hands of shaved girl 
releasing reeds, pushing back Wazzag's belly, lifting arms from waist 
; Wazzag hitching up onto heels, forehead jammed against simmering 
breasts ; softened penis opening violaceous over top of reeds. 
swelling towards exposed belly of woman ; woman, mauve skull 
gleaming under fiery rays, drawing back, Wazzag's slimy hair sliding 
over neckline of gandourah ; Wazzag, sweat sticking curls to 
forehead, sniffing, head dropped relaxing legs, settling heels into 
sand, crossing thighs over smarting penis ; woman grabbing bundle. 
running off, green barley waving behind head ; Wazzag lifting leg 
over trellis ; balls, exposed, glistening pink ; drowsy women rolling 
gandourahs up over knees ; Wazzag straddling trellis, pressing 
buttocks against reeds ; women, breathing curling back ochre lips 
striking foreheads over sand ; Wazzag stepping forward ; sand kicked 
up sticking to hams, member stiffening, pointing ; approaching 
crouching in front of women ; member swelling along folded leg 
scent opening women's nostrils ; Wazzag kneeling, leaning over sand 
on elbows, bumping curly-fringed forehead against foreheads of 
women, lifting leg over croup of woman with bracelets clinking 
woman catching knee, stroking curls of thigh ; whore placing leg 
onto woman's croup, foot delving, through heated black cloth, into 
cleft of buttocks ; woman's breasts, swollen, bulging over neckline 
hand, mauve above, ochre beneath, moving along Wazzag's thigh, up 
to tangle of long supple shiny hairs merging into curly fluff on thigh 
; thumb, pink nail pitted, pressing into groin, slipping along seam of 
% 70  
thigh. scraping sweat mixed with jissom, hay, grease, date-sugar, shit 
; Wazzag thrusting mouth onto woman's lips, drawing belly close to 
woman's, other knee digging down, elbow vibrating in sand ; young 
woman with shaved scalp leaning against thorn-tree, bundle of green 
barley perched in crotch of trunk, bending branch towards mouth ; 
cheeks swollen, lips sucking yellow fruit-flowers ; eyes staring, 
through arms of women interlaced, at Wazzag's member swelling in 
jerks. at sweat rising over coccyx of whore ; lips throbbing, nostrils 
inhaling sugary pollen ; nipples, dilated, pulling arms from cloth ; 
free hand stroking nipples ; croup rounding out against bark ; hams, 
heels lifted, scraping trunk ; ; wind carrying birds dirtied in dust- 
bins, towards high sandy enclaves ; ; women separating foreheads, 
standing up, swinging bundles over shoulders ; Wazzag grasping 
bare feet, biting bottom of dresses ; women running off, cloth 
tustling over heated bodies, throwing --- bending, standing erect. 
bending --- burning pebbles at Wazzag ; Wazzag running, lame --- 
nerve strained while raising leg over woman's, croup, tender from 
continuous forced erections ---, member pointing stiffened, towards 
women, fingers catching pebbles embalmed in painted hands{\thd} 
{\gl}{\thd}back, jissom-eater{\td} back, back, jissom-eater{\td} jissom-eater, man- 
eater{\thd} baby-eater{\td} back, baby-eater{\thd} dogs that make us widows, in 
our prime{\thd} little husbands, drill his loins to the heart{\thd}{\gr}, women, 
hair shaken, green barley whipping cheeks, one hand hitching cloth 
over thighs glistening along prismatic ridge of femurs up to groins, 
moaning, pressing pebbles over vulvas ; Wazzag jumping up, darting 
through volley, springing onto shaved girl, hugging girl : bundle 
tumbling ; girl's hand tremulous placing pebble over exposed vulva : 
Wazzag's violaceous penis scorched, quick sizzle ; women encircling 
Wazzag, seizing arms, legs, jaw, hair, pushing whore back over sand 
towards fence of brothel ; Wazzag pulling back, hitching whore by 
€ars, onto broken trellis ; crying in throat ; shaved girl holding fat of 
Wazzag's buttocks, pushing at coccyx : {\td} {\gl}{\td} back into your sty, 
Swine..{\gr} ; hands sliding over sticky cuticle ; whore-master coming 
down, opening box-room : crouching, clapping hands smeared with 
% 71 
gravy over Khamssieh's belly ; whore shuddering, mouth swelling. 
throat regurgitating pomegranate-flesh : whore-master moving one 
chubby hand onto hip. groping under Khamssieh's buttocks, touching 
arse of whore, other hand palpating blood-stained belly ; member 
twitching in pubic curls ; whore-master withdrawing finger ; sliding 
finger, soiled with shit, with dried jissom, over Khamssieh's lifeless 
lips ; Khamssieh raising, folding arms beside hip, Pressing 
transparent fingers onto whore-master's hairy arm ; epidermis. 
under ginger curls rooted over forehead, blushing pink ; whore- 
master pulling fat lips apart with thumb, rubbing thumb-nail over jaw 
--- saliva circulating afresh ; Khamssieh's lips closing over whore- 
master's thumb, member, stiffening in black tangle, pulling at 
freckled cuticle ; eyes, scintillating between encrusted lids, squinting. 
fixing vibrant piercing eyes of whore-master : fingers climbing up 
along fluffy arm of master burying fingers, at same moment. into 
pubic curls of whore, Squeezing dry ballls ; alive --- swelling between 
whore-master's fingers ; Khamssieh sucking whore-master's thumb. 
licking gravy smeared over phalanges ; whore-master pulling hand 
back, placing fingers onto breasts of whore ; pulling other hand out 
of tangle, massaging top of whore's thigh, enveloping knee : 
Khamssieh spreading thighs, stiffening legs, slipping finger through 
curls, underneath penis arching, swelling, enlarging ; pushing penis 
back against extended thumb, drawing member upwards, Pumping : 
sweat covering whole body, veins of tremulous skull palpitating. 
blood glowing in neck ; one hand of whore-master, coated with 
saltpetre. massaging femur, inside slope of thigh ; fingers of other 
hand, small, plump, interlacing with whore's free hand open, damp. 
against hip ; Khamssieh's toes curling back : sweat running in 
hollows of phalanges ; ; whore-master dropping knee, other hand 
Pushing hand of whore back onto belly ; crouching, thrusting foot 
into Khamssieh's flank{\thd} {\gl} give{\thd} give{\thd} force the juice. {\gr} : 
Khamssieh, tongue protruding, panting, chest raised ; fist pumping 
at softened penis{\td} : {\gl}{\td} grubs of tarantulas crawl in butcher's 
armpits{\td} {\gr} ; whore-master pushing fist, away from member ; tapping 
% 72 
knee ; Khamssieh relaxing muscles, breathing deep ; {\gl}..work till 
tomorrow{\thd} drillers knocking{\thd} open your ears against bolted door{\thd} 
driven by my knee, Wazzag, buggered by driller with broadest chest, 
pulls his partner to the wood{\thd} listen then, to work{\thd}{\gr} : whore-master 
standing up, going out, bolting box-room, climbing up into bedroom, 
falling onto bed ; Khamssieh, sweat cooling over skin, resting nape 
onto arm folded back, hand of other arm playing with penis ; eyes 
raised towards small window, dazzled by raw light ; buttocks mounted 
on shoulders passing, veiling light ; driller's head hitched up striking 
window-ledge of bedroom ; whore-master twisting body in sheet ; 
driller, curly head scintillating in fiery rays, forcing member --- 
straining squashed inside jeans --- against nape of beater ; chest 
rubbed with rust, panting, ribs, muscles bridling skin ; foam, driven 
back over red lips by panting, bathing driller's chin, streaming over 
throat ; free pulling out cigarette, lighter, from pocket of denim 
jacket, lighting cigarette smeared with wet clay, puffing between lips, 
ash dropping onto shaved head of beater ; with thrust of loins, rising 
up on shoulders of beater, flinging body against window-ledge, 
straddling ledge, rushing, unbuttoned --- member spurring pants 
smudged with clay, poking out of jeans ---, into bedroom, collapsing, 
with bursts of laughter, onto bed, hugging whore-master, covering 
master with wide heated body bristling, nibbling ear wrapped in sheet 
; feet, packed into espadrilles, striking foot of bed ; mouth 
slobbering over ear, driller's saliva sticking whore-master's cheek to 
sheet ; fingers delving beneath belly, through sheet, unsheathing 
penis :{\td} {\gl} call your dogs{\thd} pull them from the arms of the 
unemployed{\thd} open up your bedrooms, your latrines{\thd} hide your 
tools, your guns, your dishes{\thd} soft body of sated whore makes 
client turn back at doorstep, dagger in hand{\td} {\gr} ; in alley, against wall, 
against lintel of door, drillers --- members spurring muddy jeans --- 
gabbing hips, faces reaching up, simmering, kissing, sniffing, licking 
ears, of fellow workers ; {\thd} {\gl}{\td} give me one with square loins, member 
stiffening quick, after fucking, member hard as my arm{\td} one I can 
keep catching, pulling back by his cock{\td} any other cock is just too 
% 73 
human, it doesn't matter who gets hold of it, it's just no good..{\gr} ; 
driller sits up, propped on fist ; other fist rolling back sheet, over 
whore-master's head, nape, back ; whore-master arching loins, lifting 
driller's hardened midriff ; driller, backing off, squatting on heels ; 
whore-master hitching legs up between legs of driller folded back, 
heels sliding under buttocks hugged in jeans worn bare by pistons. 
by rubbing of ropes ; climbing out of bed, sheet flowing crumpled, 
soiled with clay, over loins ; driller, crouched on bed, massaging 
member inside pants ; whore-master taking soiled key, from gas-ring 
; driller jumping to foot of bed, lifting lid of bucket of meat, bending 
down, sniffing balmy vapour, dipping finger into gravy, pulling out. 
licking finger ; whore-master coming down stairs ; driller pressing 
close behind ; stiffened penis, through pants, rubbing bare buttocks 
of whore-master{\td} {\gl}..quick{\thd} quarry-work grinds my bones..{\gr} ; small 
dagger gleaming in fist ; pushing whore-master, teeth nibbling ear. 
fist digging into sexual cluster ; pimp crossing passage, entering 
garden, stopping, pressing hand against driller's crotch : driller 
pressing dagger onto thigh ; Wazzag, stretched out. legs held up on 
broken trellis, member falling back out of pubic curls onto belly. 
buttocks touching sand, nibbling green barley-stalk ; women backing 
off, hiding, in line, behind tree ; Wazzag, chin bathed in green foam. 
sucking barley-stalk held in fist, grinding neck into sand ; right foot 
slipping over trellis, cheek sliding on sand ; wrinkles of forehead 
rolling up towards curly fringe, eyes revulsing : blood throbbing in 
throat, Wazzag's eyes enveloping belly of driller : silky swelling of 
pants at centre of folds ; Wazzag, sniffing up snot, rolling onto belly. 
member hollowing sand, loins lifting ; driller quivering ; whore-master 
whistling ; Wazzag kneeling, crawling, fists in sand, shiny penis 
dragging over sand marked with footprints, spinning around on 
knees, arching gleaming buttocks, moving backwards towards shed. 
chin tipped back onto shoulder, narrowed eyes expelling encrusted 
secretions, foam scintillating at corner of mouth ; rim of arse. 
crimson, glistening ; whore-master pulling hand from driller's 
member : {\td} {\gl} {\thd} workers fucked him all morning{\td} they battered his 
% 74 
arse to bits{\thd} now it's your turn, drill your way in{\td} the soft layers, 
perfumed, are for you{\td} go on, big man {\gr} ; driller, shaking bushy head, 
trembling fingers buttoning up jeans spurred by buttressed pants, 
advancing over sand ; Wazzag bumping forehead against sand, 
arching loins ; arse-hairs, stuck with jissom, pulling apart, between 
separating buttocks ; driller, fingers pinching bottom of fly, leg 
raised, shaking sexual cluster, slipping espadrille over horny foot, 
Wazzag flinging head back, white of eye shining in amber orbit ; 
driller's foot sliding over flat of buttocks smoothed out in movement 
arching loins, touching edge of arse ; Wazzag pulling back buttocks, 
shoed foot of driller curling up against arse ; Wazzag, bursts of 
laughter muffled in torso, gums expelling green scum held foaming 
on edge of lip ; whore-master seizing buttocks of driller through 
jeans, rushing man forward, Wazzag, standing, belly twisted, diving, 
spinning, at driller's leg, squeezing leg in arms ; teeth, hooked into 
fly, with tongue, unbuttoning jeans ; against teeth, lips, through 
denim, cotton, driller's penis swelling, forcing, heating ; Wazzag's 
tongue, inside open fly, licking cotton, wetting cotton till epidermis 
of member shows through, stuck to cloth ; Wazzag pulling whore- 
master's fingers off driller's buttocks, pushing away whore-master's 
thigh, holding tongue back in mouth, fangs bared, till whore-master 
moves away ; whereupon, wide naked body of whore-master, 
splashed by sun, penetrating excremental shadow of passage, 
Wazzag snapping at driller's penis, inside pants ; fingers gripping 
buttock, over whore-master's fingerprints ; driller shoving into coiled 
hairs of Wazzag's chest, kicking sexual cluster ; flick of thumb 
Pushing member out of pants ; seam shining, violaceous over glans, 
On tip of member clenched in driller's fist, nerves, muscles, 
Circumcised flesh forcing rusty palm --- other hand scratching around 
Mop of infested hair ; Wazzag, standing up, walking backwards, 
Moving closer to driller, breath hissing --- driller, hearing noise, 
ing go of member, jissom starting to well up under steady 
Pressure of fingers ---, haunches rolling, lateral folds of neck 
Palpitating, silky, under black curls, chubby mound of cheek 
% 75 
quivering, driller, panting, one hand placed on distended belly of 
whore pulling Wazzag close, palm of other hand pressing tips of 
fingers touching encrusted corners of boy's lips ; driller's hand 
feeling Wazzag's mouth ; member wedged, hard, against hairy 
surrounds of arse, glans jerking touching lateral rolls of fat on 
buttocks ; Wazzag licking driller's palm, fingers ; driller, leg against 
leg, pushing whore towards shed ; women sitting back in sand - 
woman with shaved head, burying head in sand ; women caressing 
her croup, her legs ; whore-master, in bedroom, bolting cubby-holes 
filled with tools, dishes, weapons, hollowed out in wall, coming back 
down stairs, opening door of brothel ; drillers, seated on slope of 
dune, sitting up, pulling apart ; approaching, hips cocked, eyes 
lowered, two fingers of right hands pinching crotches ; whore-master. 
leaning against wood of open door, clinking against member ; soles 
of shoes touching tiles. spongy surface of wooden floor, hurried 
raising bodies to full height, heated fleshy cheeks touching 
eyelashes, drillers unbuttoning : members springing out ; Wazzag, in 
shed, pressing hands against wall ; driller, forehead striking skull of 
whore, fingers separating fat of buttocks, tense, shoving member 
into arse, stiffening legs, heaving, rubbing chest over Wazzag's back 
; surface only of hair on heads, one shaken other still, scintillating. 
sweat creeping up along curls, in shadows, in rays filtered through 
roof of palm-fronds ; Wazzag banging forehead against wall, flinging 
arms behind driller's body, catching hold of buttocks, kneading fat 
through denim impregnated with sweat seeping from arse :{\td} {\gl}{\td} 
discharge your load, big curly one{\thd}{\gr} ; driller interlacing fingers over 
belly of whore ; muscles, nerves, fortifying Wazzag's sweaty belly : 
whore-master opening latrine ; driller with shaved head, jostling 
whore-master, rushing, penis projecting stiffened, hands spread, into 
darkness ; whore-master closing door behind panting body, pushing 
back other three drillers{\td} {\gl} for shaved one : club-foot, for you others 
: what's left : red-haired dog stung by tarantula{\thd} later, Wazzag. 
brown dog, pulled from arms of curly-haired driller, your jissom- 
king{\thd} club-foot unstuck from shaved one, both hot, awakened to 
% 76 
ur skilled muscles{\thd} count your number, drillers{\td} {\gr} ---, drillers 
opening other latrine, groping in darkness, hands searching in 
corners, coming out ; whore-master pulling close, tugging at jeans, 
youngest of five drillers, --- with crinkled hair, fat violet lips ---. 
member spurring jeans down over slope of thigh, dragging youth 
towards box-room ; behind counter, driller, panting, one hand 
starting to unbutton fly, to separate buttocks of whore-master ; 
master, thrusting loins, diving forward : turban unravelling, strip of 
cloth flowing over shoulders, down to coccyx, covering driller's hand 
drawn back ; whore-master, with flick of head, rolling turban back 
around skull, opening box-room door, pushing young driller inside, 
climbing back up to bedroom ; seated on edge of bed, tying turban 
around head, falling back onto bed ; traces of rust staining edge of 
arse : wiped off with back of thumb ; sprawling on back, chin buried 
in folds of neck, eye narrowed, drawing circle of rust, around 
nipples, with thumb ; shaved driller heaving, stiffened, over rump of 
club-foot bent over towards hole of latrine, hands hooked onto pipe 
; club-foot moaning, shoed feet of driller squashing bare feet onto 
foot-slab ; rough denim of jeans, creased, rubbing loins : epidermis 
teddening ; eyes spying mound of turds, red, ochre, blackened, 
sliding towards edge of hole ; jissom spurting, mound melting : 
swarm of wasps --- asleep in mound, glutted --- flying up, assailing 
bare legs of club-foot ; youth pulling back, pressing partner against 
door ; {\slash} young driller, in sunny shade of box-room, lying on 
Khamssieh ; epidermis of whore, stretched, creased by heavy 
Movements of driller, expelling blood dried into powder ; driller 
hitching up bare chest smudged with rust against pale weakened 
chest of Khamssieh, pressing fat nipples, vermilion, onto withered 
ie of whore ; Khamssieh half-opens dry lips, head rolls to one 
; driller, hands gathering up ginger head from underneath, 
iting, squeezing temples, biting mouth ; member, protruding from 
jeans, forcing, stubby, Khamssieh's sexual cluster ; jeans. soaked 
With sweat, with genital juices, sticking to cold thighs of whore ; 
driller hugging softened face against his, burying tongue into slack 
% 77 
mouth, licking back of palate, gums : Khamssieh's penis twitching 
under penis of driller, driller pulling out tongue {\slash} ; glans of curly- 
haired driller grafting into Wazzag's arse ; perspiring fingers 
pressing small vendetta-knife against whore's navel ; blast of sand 
pelting shed ; Wazzag, quick, turning hot cheek against cheek of 
worker, kissing lips wet with spittle : jissom spurting into loins. 
dagger sliding out of fingers open in orgasm, over slope of thigh. 
down leg, onto hay ; worker, jissom expelled, slobbering over cheek 
of whore ; sweat cooling on fingers ; Wazzag's buttocks heating 
thighs, pubis ; two unoccupied drillers --- one, honey-coloured hair. 
bandage on abdomen, loins squeezed into US shorts, other, dark 
hair, packed tight into jeans rolled up over knees, wearing green 
plastic sunglasses ---, sprawling in corner of room, smoking, legs 
entwined, members protruding red, touching ; club-foot stung on 
knees by wasps, slumping down along legs of shaved driller ; worker. 
member sliding, viscous, out of club-foot's arse, holding up 
collapsed body by hips ; striking wasps, with rough hand coated with 
dry clay, on chest, neck, belly, sexual cluster, thighs, of club-foot : 
wasps, crushed, tumbling over skin, hanging on to pubic curls : 
others, aroused, assailing sexual cluster of club-foot ; driller 
grabbing, squeezing boy's crotch, bodies bursting against 
membranes ; club-foot biting cuff of denim jacket. pulling undulating 
tump up along driller's thighs ; worker pinning club-foot's shoulder 
under chin against top of chest, both hands stroking swollen knees 
; wasps still alive gleaning, between toes of whore, jissom mixed with 
mud, grease, shit, from foot-slab ; driller crushing wasps --- together 
with club-foot's soiled toes ---, under sole of espadrilles ; at same 
moment, member, re-hardened, digging back into club-foot's arse. 
between diagonal buttocks ; {\slash} young driller, dropping ginger head. 
fingers digging under loins of whore, spitting onto Khamssieh's face. 
hands lifting middle of flaccid, milky body ; straightening up, both 
fists pressing into Khamssieh's torso ; rising from body, crouching on 
one side, rolling body onto belly --- buttocks of whore, turning. 
dusty, marked in folds with traces of dried jissom ---, driller standing 
% 78 
up, treading on rump --- espadrille, rope sole stuck with tar, 
squeezing pubescent cuticle ---, shaking buttocks ; ginger head 
thumping on floor ; young driller, leg lifted, scratching sexual cluster, 
finger-nails packed underneath with clay ; ribs rolling under skin of 
torso, in jacket gaping open ; kneeling, stretching out over whore, 
pulling cold buttocks apart with both hands, lodging ardent member 
in slit, pushing glans towards frozen arse, bending head down 
towards Khamssieh's nape, biting, pulling faded red curls of hair 
between teeth, drawing hands out from under belly, striking flanks of 
whore : {\gl}{\td} warm, death, warm ..{\gr} {\slash} ; whore-master, both breasts 
smeared, slumbering in intermittent sleep ; between dreams --- dogs 
with bodies of Wazzag, Khamssieh, fighting over guts, gristle, of his 
body ---, opening one eye ; at muffled sounds of panting, member 
twitching --- distant laughter of Wazzag, covered by rustle of hay, 
making member bounce up, hardened, swollen, shit from Khemissa's 
arse crumbling, in powder, over violaceous cuticle of glans ; toad, in 
corner, emerged from drain-hole --- filtering gases of cesspool ---, 
jumping onto knee of dark-haired driller, legs entwined with blond 
driller, diving under jeans rolled up to thigh ; blond driller, sitting up, 
flattening toad against skin, under sticky denim of jeans, erect 
member of dark worker touching wrist ; dark worker shuddering, 
cigarette falling over ear, placing hand onto hand of blond ; toad, 
sliding forward, emerging from opening of fly, bracing body, ready to 
jump. against sexual cluster, gumming pubic hair with gall mixed with 
excremental mud ; driller seizing toad against thigh, standing up, 
slapping toad against arse of blond, in folds of shorts ; blond 
hollowing loins, throwing arm behind back, pulling leg of toad from 
under fingers of driller ; fingers, vibrations accelerating, releasing 
Shorts ; blond grabbing toad, thrusting fist towards thighs of driller, 
unclenching, quick, closing back over driller's bouncing penis ; toads 
flesh squashed under palm, mouth drooling over glans, feet gripping 
Stretched cuticle ; {\slash} curly-haired driller, leg drawn out over leg of 
Wazzag, penis sliding half out of arse, tipping Wazzag back onto 
Soiled hay, dragging whore up towards top of heap, fists squeezing 
% 79 
forearms, bending sweaty feet back inside espadrilles around naked. 
sticky feet of Wazzag, snapping at ear, nibbling root, drawing blood 
; tear-drop forming at corner of whore's eye --- head turned down 
into hay ---, rolling over ridge of nose, swallowed up in other eye- 
socket ; curly-haired driller unclenching fists, tongue licking blood 
flowing over ear-lobe, hand stroking shaggy black mop spiked with 
thorny twigs, tongue soiled with blood covering eye, licking trail of 
tear over nose, throbbing against other eye ; Wazzag darting tongue 
--- taste of jissom lingering --- onto vermilion tongue of driller, lips 
drawing close, sticking together, blood bathing Wazzag's cheek. 
teaching corners of lips joined ; laughter expelling snot from 
nostrils, mixing in hollow of upper lip swollen by kiss ; teeth striking 
through saliva ; hand of driller, thumb linked to index, gripping 
Wazzag's head ; member delving into arse, epidermis over duct 
erupting on contact with sides of arse, jissom shaking glans ; mouth 
of driller slipping in jerks towards cheek bathed in blood : jissom 
splashing loins, Wazzag bringing knees back under belly ; driller. 
belly heaving, thrusting member ; legs contracting ; mouth, twisted 
open, closing over mouth of Wazzag, dilated with laughter ; whore. 
propped on knees, lifting up driller sprawled over rump ; penis. 
expelled, bouncing up, shining, transparent film of jissom coating 
reddened flesh, violaceous on glans, marked with ringed imprints : 
Wazzag, squatting, shambling over scattered hay, up to driller's open 
legs ; worker raising, pressing knees into armpits of whore ; member 
softening over seam of fly, expelling pearly filament stretching 
hooked onto middle button, shaft retracting into pubic curls ; Wazzag 
spreading both hands over drillers belly, marked, beneath navel. 
with smudge of red, palpating, kneading, massaging hardened 
muscles ; driller lifting loins ; belly oozing sweat embalmed with clay. 
under fingers of whore ; Wazzag sprawling between legs squeezed 
in jeans, rubbing chest against gluey penis, twisting, wriggling rump 
i driller opening thighs wide ; Wazzag. pulling back, burying bloody 
muzzle into gaping fly, snapping, chewing, nostrils tickled by hairs. 
at jissom-smeared balls ; throat yelping, hands kneading driller's 
% 80  
thighs, tongue licking bottom rim of arse --- worker's member 
bouncing up beside bloody cheek ---, digging deeper to fringe of 
shit-caked hairs ; driller flinging legs over Wazzag's loins ; Wazzag 
spitting out balls, pulling back soiled muzzle, pink lips feathering 
erect member from bottom to top, up to glans, narrowed eyes shining 
beneath lashes, sweaty fingers gripping curly slope --- oozing under 
jeans --- of driller's thighs, tickling chin, throat, top of chest against 
driller's glans ; penis curved back against Wazzag's pubescent torso, 
vibrating ; Wazzag sliding member around lips, pushing glans into 
nostril, tip of tongue flicking shaft away, blowing onto flesh, slipping 
member --- head flung back, dried blood sliding in powder over 
creases of cheek --- into ringlets stuck with stalks : at same moment, 
fingers, interlaced, bearing up balls dripping with saliva, out of jeans 
; worker's espadrille rubbing slit of arse ; folded torso hollowing, 
pubis swelling, sweat drawing grime away from navel ; Wazzag 
unbuttoning top of fly with teeth, uncovering pubis, driller stiffening 
legs : Wazzag's hand, other hand holding back balls, grasping, 
pumping member ; sweat oozing in joint of thigh, sweat flowing over 
phalanges ; driller's damp buttocks throbbing against hay, mouth 
panting ; sweat sticking stalks to cheeks ; hands, convulsed, 
grabbing hay, knees creaking, toe-nails scraping inside of 
espadrilles, thighs hardening against forearm of whore ; Wazzag 
Massaging slimy balls over seam of fly, pointing glans towards 
Mouth, eyes staring, level with line of belly, with incandescent 
breasts, at wandering eyes of driller ; jissom forcing fist ; relaxed 
Mouth filling with spurt : driller's eye twinkling, shining through 
twitching eyelid flickering over eye --- nerves of palate splashed ; 
fingers pulling glans out of lips, throat swallowing clot ; second spurt 
Coating chin ; snapping glans back into mouth, squeezing flesh 
between teeth, thumb bringing deposit stuck to pubescent chin back 
towards corner of lips, sucking clots back over gums ; driller 
Stretching torso, arms ; foot, again rubbing Wazzag's buttocks ; 
hand, sweat cooling, opening out over hay ; whore holding root of 
Member between two fingers, squeezing member from bottom to top, 
% 81 
forcing jissom up to glans --- pulled out of mouth, stuffed into 
nostril, squashed, sticky, into corner of both eyes ; driller standing 
up, Wazzag dropping member, shambling over to wall, penis dragging 
over soiled hay, straightening up against wall, squeezing member 
between thighs, standing on toes, elbows pressed into body, hands 
wide open spreading jissom, spat back out, over whole of face 
hairline, ears, muffled laughter bursting through torso ; driller rolling 
onto belly, onto back, shiny skin between thighs, hardened member. 
strewn with thorns, sprinkled with rotting acheb, twisting, smacking 
lips, forcing pubis with flat of heavy hand ; Wazzag dusted with 
saltpetre smearing throat, torso, worker straightening up, bucking 
loins, jumping up onto feet, springing towards whore, swift, picking 
up dagger : {\gl}{\thd} eat my love-juice, black dog, eat{\thd} outside your arse. 
your mouth, it dies, exposed to air, to cold, to eyes of men{\thd}{\gr} ; 
catching hold of Wazzag's hair, scraping, with blade of knife, cheeks. 
forehead, nose, chin, eyebrows, corner of eyes, ears, neck. 
palpitating throat, panting torso of whore ; Wazzag slapping clammy 
hands onto brick wall, raising knee between thighs of worker, up to 
softened sexual cluster, lifting marbled member on top of femur : 
against Wazzag's half-open lips, driller spreading out jissom 
collected on blade ; whore lapping up jissom, closing lips ; driller 
forcing lips apart with handle of dagger, flat surface of thumb 
stuffing jissom between teeth of whore ; Wazzag rolling tongue over 
deposit, holding jissom in mouth, closing eyes --- driller pressing 
point of dagger onto chin, glans onto thigh, holding head, grasping 
hair, pinned against wall ---, swallowing saliva ; driller releasing grip. 
moving off, back turned, Wazzag spitting jissom, mixed with sputum. 
onto own glans, rushing from behind, eyes open washed clear, at 
powerful body, flick of fingers sliding jeans down over hips ; plunging 
crowned member between driller's bluish buttocks, towards arse 
blocked with sand ; driller, volte-face, --- Wazzag's member 
withdrawing from arse, ring of jissom removed --- pulling whore back 
to wall, holding jeans up over hips with one hand, other clenching 
dagger, pressing blade against thigh-joint of whore flattened against 
% 82 
wall, members touching amidst simmering bodies ; blade, scraping 
sweat from curls, scratching around member ; Wazzag slapping 
mouth over snotty nose of driller, yelping, licking inside nostrils, 
nibbling crusts, whining ; his member, softened, curving over driller's 
fist : worker dropping knife, turning back, both hands spreading 
buttocks again denuded ; Wazzag, member stiffening, kneeling, 
burying slimy muzzle between buttocks, opening mouth towards 
arse, tongue delving --- filament hooked onto shit-caked hairs 
sticking to tip of tongue ; one gulp, breathing in filament between 
lips. pulling muzzle back, hands releasing driller's hairy legs ; driller, 
turning back, jeans sliding over hams, squeezing whore --- standing 
erect --- from front, slapping wet flaps of denim jacket around 
Wazzag's sweaty loins, nibbling closed lips of whore ; Wazzag, 
fingers pulling at arse-hairs of man enlaced, chewing jissom mixed 
with shit ; driller pulling apart lips of whore with teeth, pushing clot 
into mouth of him patting worker's shoulder-blade, collar-bone, 
nape, with big blue fingers, cracked ; driller spitting clot back 
between Wazzag's lips, laughing, spitting soiled saliva over gums of 
whore ; Wazzag chewing deposit, swallowing ; hand of driller, jerking, 
jumping, from top to bottom, over pubescent back of whore, down to 
loins --- movement of digestion stretching muscles, nerves : 
Wazzag's member striking driller's ; worker taking both members 
together in fist, squeezing : Wazzag grasping, flattening driller's 
balls against thigh, rolling balls, sticky, flaccid, over hairy skin ; 
remaining jissom, expelled from glans of driller, crowning Wazzag's 
glans, between worker's fingers ; driller's wrist crossing, rubbing 
wrist of Wazzag, in steam of two bellies stuck together ; Wazzag. 
jissom swallowed, kissing closed mouth, cheeks of driller, hand 
wrapping man's shiny head, digging into sandy hair, scratching itchy 
Spots marked on scalp by worker, with thumb-nail ; driller scratching 
joint of thigh with nail of little finger of hand squeezing members, 
Wazzag waggling this hand, pulling own hand from man's balls, 
fingers spread scratching around member, sexual cluster, mouth 
fastening, splashed with snot, onto dry lips of worker ; driller, 
% 83 
member rehardened, straining stiff under Wazzag's fingers, shaking 
hair, letting saliva drip down over chin, raising throat, emitting stifled 
cry, drawing away from Wazzag, buttoning up top of fly over sweaty 
navel, holding prismatic member in fist, rushing at whore ; driving 
Wazzag back, turned around, kicking, goading with knees, spitting. 
towards open door ; front only of Wazzag's body touching fire, driller 
jostling body, penetrating arse, heaving over rump catching light. 
ejaculating, rolling head over shoulder of whore. hair, crown of skull 
slimy, caught in fire ; Wazzag, shaking fingers at ends of arms thrown 
behind man's body, fiddling with seam of jeans, below buttocks. 
pushing seam back into slit of arse, pulling out fingers, bringing 
fingers up to mouth, to nostrils ; belly of driller rumbling against 
loins ; Wazzag releasing light fart enveloping, arousing member 
member swelling, digging deeper : stepping forward, crossing 
driller's hands under belly, advancing beneath fire, feet placed light 
on hot sand ; sweat flowing over insides of thighs, down to ankles. 
struck by ankles packed into espadrilles, of man stuck close ; women 
sprawled under thorn-tree, lifting torsos ; shaved girl scrutinizing top 
of four legs pressed together, jissom streaming, shining, over oozing 
sweat, girl kneeling, rolling gandourah up over thighs, stuffing sand 
into half-open vulva ; in full light, feet trampling on bleached sand 
two youths, pressed close, walking diagonally into middle of garden 
towards broken trellis, front of Wazzag's body turning, brown mass 
of driller's body rising up regular ring over outline of coppery body 
bleached white in patches by fire, towards panting group of women 
lying back down, heads, breasts, covered with points of shadow. 
bellies, legs, bathed in fire ; Wazzag leaning belly onto upright 
section of trellis ; buggered, rear of body buttressed, belly, loins 
harnessed by powerful flesh of curly-haired driller, eyeing group of 
women sprawled on ground : dazzled gaze caressing prismatic scalp 
of crouching girl ; driller forcing Wazzag's rump down --- Wazzag 
grabbing stake --- heaving, burying eyes into hair of whore . 
Wazzag's free hand palpating worker's buttocks, through drenched 
denim ; hands of girl digging into sand ; Wazzag's fist gripping stake 
% 84 
; driller, stiffened, tensing muscles, nerves, ejaculating, flinging 
muscles, nerves, flesh, at Wazzag's bruised body ; girl, crouching, 
advancing towards trellis, pressing fists against Wazzag's bare feet, 
straightening up alongside body, breath bathing ear of whore --- hot 
hand enveloping, supporting, mound of Wazzag's buttock : {\gl}{\thd} heavy 
jissom for you, whore{\thd} filtered jissom of love for me, wife{\thd}{\gr}, sliding 
down along legs clamped tight, pressing mouth onto slope of 
driller's thigh, between folds of spattered jeans, fingers pulling 
Wazzag's buttock to one side, darting tongue into plug of jissom- 
smeared flesh, root of driller's member throbbing with intermittent 
ejaculation, sucking up jissom, swallowing, pulling out tongue. licking 
surrounding hairs, licking, over coccyx, fat of buttocks, hams of 
whore, traces --- dried, drying --- of driller's former spurts ; 
Wazzag's hand interweaving with hand of driller placed on girl's skull 
; women, sitting up, scrutinizing dark passage : two unoccupied 
drillers fighting for club-foot pulled out of latrine, struggling with 
shaved worker buggering youth ; three men --- three of women 
carrying their seed in flanks --- fighting with fists striking heads, 
spitting ; spittle, swerved punches, showering head of club-foot ; 
drawn by penis, towards blond driller, pulling to uncouple youth ; 
shaved driller squeezing knees of club-foot between legs ; other 
driller, member dangling over jeans, slapping hands over hips of 
shaved worker pulling at flat heavy body shaken by movements of 
wrestling, heaving ; shaved driller, with thrust of pelvis, swinging 
back, stuck to club-foot, into latrine ; blond keeping inert club-foot 
close, holding penis, forearm, shaved worker's member slipping out 
of arse, ejaculating ; club-foot, buttocks splashed, hugged from front 
by blond ; dark-haired driller, quick, thumbs pressed into waistband 
of jeans. buggering boy in haste, member sliding in tube gorged with 
jissom ; blond driller biting club-foot's mouth, swollen ; same 
Moment. dark worker, stiffened, ejaculating ; shaved worker, sated, 
Crouching on foot-slab, shitting, door closed by blond worker's foot 
i blond, hand supporting bandage on belly, slapping tongue between 
joined lips, against tongue of club-foot ; patted by eyelashes, 
% 85 
narrowed eyes of dark worker scintillating behind green-rimmed sun- 
glasses ; throat rumbling ; belly, hams, shuddering, jissom expelled : 
blond driller pinching rough-circumcised glans of club-foot, with free 
fingers ; stump of youth bouncing over ground in jerks, youth 
covering blond driller's hand, shaking loins, twisting back, lifting 
knee up between thighs of driller squeezed into shorts --- driller's 
member poking out stiff, root pinched in gap between two chipped 
buttons ; blond worker scratching glans, club-foot leaping forward. 
onto blond ; dark worker, lenses steamed up, pulling at own member. 
drawing back towards garden, creased jeans stuck with jissom onto 
stocky thighs ; blond driller, turning club-foot around, pressing 
thighs against buttocks of youth ; shaved worker, buttoned up. 
coming out of latrine, in cloud of excremental odour, sliding jissom- 
smeared hand back over scalp ; jeans, tight, swollen at top of thigh 
by gluey balls, on slope, by enlarged member ; pressing shit-soiled 
hand over mouth of club-foot --- blushing legs of youth scintillating 
smeared with jissom down to heel ---. pulling lips, teeth open 
pressing thumb into mouth, finger-nail scratching back of palate 
squeezing jaw of youth between other fingers ; whore strangled 
spitting mucus, saliva : blond worker heaving over croup, catching 
rope of espadrilles onto hooked toe-nails of youth, shorts stuck to 
buttocks scraped raw to veins ; torso of club-foot wilting ; epidermis 
of skin, over whole body swollen, contracted by venom of wasps. 
fading pale, softening ; fingers of blond, convulsed, pinching flaccid 
folds over belly ; shaved worker withdrawing hand, stroking whore's 
red member flecked white, wiping muddy glans ; member bouncing 
back ; shaved worker pulling lighter from pocket, striking flint ; bluish 
flame biting into pubic curls ; club-foot spreading thighs --- 
vibrating, covered with charred hairs ; dark worker, leaning against 
doorpost, one leg stiffened in rays, masturbating, balls hanging pink 
viscous, over side of thighs, outside jeans, clenched, gluey, in hand. 
with member ; ejaculating onto belly of Wazzag brushing close 
buggered, head reddened beneath fire --- women, crouching. 
tubbing sand, barley, onto mouth of shaved girl, girl's fingers 
% 86  
holding tuft of sweating hairs from husband's pubis ; dark worker 
squashing glans against Wazzag's navel ; Wazzag, eye flooded by 
excess of light, scrutinizing lenses brushed by eyelashes of driller, 
catching member in fingers, forcing out jissom --- gathered on 
thumb, carried to lips ---, dazzled ; pressing lips, soiled --- filament 
hanging from chin ---, onto lips of driller, half-open in remaining 
orgasm, sliding tongue into mouth, covering palate of youth --- 
member striking thigh ---, picking out threads, tiny bones stuck 
between teeth ; one wrinkled hand spreading spurt of jissom over 
belly, other, twisted arm outstretched, digging into back pocket of 
driller's jeans ; worker pulling Wazzag towards open latrine ; dark- 
haired driller, embalmed lips smoothing out bare, straightening up 
along door-post, sneezing --- gentle gust of wind feathering sweaty 
chest ---, shifting along wall, standing still opposite three youths 
stuck together ; one side of club-foot's pubic fleece, charred, falling 
in cinders over leg : eye wide open, white shining immaculate, 
pressing finger onto naked cuticle ; shaved youth drawing flame 
towards remaining pubic hair ; driller, leaning head back against wall, 
shadow of chin severing throat, blowing sugary breath over lips, 
drops from member dripping onto jeans rolled up over knees, eyes 
teddening behind lenses : {\gl}{\thd}oh shaved one, bleed him before you 
grill him{\thd}{\gr} ; blond driller, slobbering in jerks over shoulder of club- 
foot ; on legs, jissom streaming mixed with ash ; bandage oozing, 
teddening club-foot's coccyx ; in open latrine, curly-haired driller, 
Propped back against wall, top of fly unbuttoned, jeans sliding down 
over both sides of buttocks of Wazzag stuck to worker's thighs, 
bending knees --- Wazzag, buggered, slumping down in front of 
arched body ---, releasing excrement ; excrement bursting out. 
embalming both sweaty bodies : Wazzag, mouth filled with saliva, 
With debris from mouth of dark worker, rubbing cheek against lips of 
Curly-haired driller soaked with foam in effort, expelling excrement ; 
Curly-haired worker moaning, bloody shit heating bottom of arse ; 
with one thrust of loins, re-aligning Wazzag slumped against front of 
body ; whore, member erect eyes throbbing at top of inverted body, 
% 87 
captured in single filtered glance of dark-haired driller ; Wazzag. 
withdrawing lips from mouth of curly-haired worker, sniffing 
excremental odour, spitting debris from dark driller's mouth over side 
of cheek ; arse, stuffed with crumpled flesh of member, smarting 
boiled meat cooling inside torso ; shaved driller moving flame of 
lighter over club-foot's throat : grease, gravy crackling over cuticle 
head of blond, heated by flame, slumping over shoulder of club-foot 
finger-nails scratching torso ; dark worker flattening buttocks against 
wall, crossing legs, pulling out balls ; club-foot holding back saliva 
muscles of neck ; shaved driller sliding lighter into sticky pocket 
penis pushing back under re-buttoned fly ; blond straining, bandage 
pulling at skin of groin ; jissom mixed with blood, with ashes. 
enrobing heel of club-foot ; shaved worker, wet hip brushing against 
club-foot's belly, leaning head towards face of blond, tipped 
sideways, over shoulder of club-foot, kissing sweaty cheek, blowing 
laboured breath over eye of youth bathed in tears, hand covering. 
kneading buttock through thin khaki cloth of shorts ; foot of curly- 
haired worker slipping on foot-slab ; in movement keeping balance. 
member falling out : Wazzag, with quick thrust of pelvis, uncoupling 
diving forward ; curly worker wrapping shirt around shivering torso. 
fists rubbing belly, thighs, dressed with elated flesh of rear of 
Wazzag's body, crouching down, gluey jeans wrung under 
articulation of knees ; Wazzag coming out of latrine ; shaved worker 
placing foot shoed with tarred rope onto Wazzag's bare foot 
pressing hand heated by flame of lighter onto bottom of belly of him 
walking --- lightened, arse, crotch, greased by jissom of curly-haired 
driller ---, towards dark worker with violaceous member swelling 
burning, circumcised flesh stretched ; Wazzag's hip brushing over 
buttocks of blond hugged in shorts ; shaved worker grabbing 
whore's member, little finger separating pubic curls ; blond pushing 
club-foot into corner of first latrine, bandaged belly throbbing under 
fleshy folds ; stream of sweat marking cloth of shorts, from coccyx 
down beneath arse, along seam ; club-foot trembling purple, lifted 
off ground, nails hooked into rough layer of saltpetre coating wall 
% 88 
shaved driller hugging Wazzag from front, member of whore, 
pressed back upwards, warming worker's groin ; Wazzag's wide 
mouth kissing mouth of worker ; eyes, level with worker's eyes, 
gleaming, staring at shining chest of dark worker, at folds of neck, at 
tender amber epidermis of temple squeezed by green plastic frame, 
at sweat, filtered by bluish glass, beading on eyelids ; shaved worker 
pulling Wazzag's buttocks apart with big heavy hands --- articulated 
at ends of long hairless arms ---, kneading sticky fat : Wazzag 
lowering eyelids, shaved worker's foot squashing foot of whore ; 
curly-haired driller straightening up, fingers scraping shit hooked 
into arse-hairs, dipping fingers into rusty tin of water, standing up, 
pulling up jeans, buttoning fly, running fingers with grubby nails 
through hair, pulling fingers out, stroking surface of Wazzag's hair, 
shaken by kiss, with flattened palm of same hand ; loins of whore 
shuddering ; curly worker drawing thighs, hugged in creased jeans, 
close to Wazzag's buttocks ; member, bridled by greasy denim on 
side of thigh, touching fat of Wazzag's arse held in shaved worker's 
hand ; cheek of whore rounding out, downy mound simmering : 
removing one bruised arm from shaved worker's back, flinging arm 
behind, onto hip of curly worker with member, quivering, --- glans 
straining. distinct from shaft, under worn, threadbare, denim --- 
stuck against slope of Wazzag's buttock, heating slimy cuticle, 
excremental ; muffled moan in torso, vibrating lips fastened to jaw of 
shaved driller ; hand feeling thigh of curly-haired worker : worker 
Pulling away, hand of whore pawing at member squeezed in jeans ; 
blond holding hips of club-foot, pressing top of boy's body down : 
club-foot banging forehead reddened by rush of blood, against 
Soiled tiles ; exposed coccyx shining bloody : thumbs of blond 
digging in, hollowing ; Wazzag pulling back buttocks, pushing curly- 
haired worker towards latrine, lifting arm from shaved worker's back, 
Temoving lips from lips, wiping saliva from worker's mouth with back 
of hand. freeing body from driller, taking lighter from pocket, sucking 
lighter. standing slumped on one hip ; thread of snot catching onto 
Toller, Wazzag closing cap, putting lighter back in pocket of shaved 
% 89 
worker ; dancing, feet spread flat striking floor, belly hollowed. 
member in fist, head shaken, knees knocking, shoulders swinging. 
neck drawn out, arms folded back undulating over hips, hand raised 
shading forehead, hand spread wide waving in front of member 
shaken, thumb hooked into groin, hands slapped over nipples 
thumbs joined, Wazzag advancing towards dark-haired driller striking 
floor with one foot ; shaved worker, curly worker, shoulder to 
shoulder, beneath fire, each darting quick kisses onto other's lips 
trampling on bleached sand, kneeling down in garden, unbuttoning 
jeans, pouring fistfuls of burning sand over thighs, over sexual 
clusters coated with jissom, with shit ; dark worker, heat, perfume of 
Wazzag's approaching body steaming over belly, bathing nostril 
member stiffening, slaver dripping at corner of lips wiped by tip of 
whore's crumpled fingers, sweaty ringlets frizzing ; curly-haired 
worker, shaved worker, heads pressed close, knees trampling sand 
up to trellis ; women, again dozing, breasts purring in shade 
drillers, jeans half-open, rolling back beneath fire, buttocks against 
heels, throats stretched backwards throbbing, sun heating jeans over 
knees, beating into circumcised flesh of straining members ; farts. 
outside arse bridled by seam of jeans, bathing sexual cluster. 
embalming rays ; odour waking shaved girl : sand running over 
thighs of husband ; mica scintillating, stuck with jissom to violaceous 
member ; gust of wind flinging thorns over bared breasts of women 
; shaved girl, skull riddled with thorns, with sugary petals. 
straightening up, advancing, on knees, on fists pressed into sand. 
towards trellis ; vapour exhaled by breasts shaken in top of dress 
steaming, bathing face : nipple emerging, catching at hem of 
neckline ; curly-haired driller aligning incandescent head, staring at 
nipple ; rays oiling member ; girl clenching mauve fists onto trellis 
curly worker advancing, slapping slimy hands over fists ; girl blowing 
onto member, through trellis ; worker pressing small ears of girl 
between fingers smoothed on handle of drill, kissing girl's forehead 
top of nape, golden lozenge encrusted over fontanelle in sooty 
Cuticle ; Wazzag, stuck to dark worker, keeping eyes fixed on trellis 
% 90 
girl's elbow just resting on fence, above mass of body of curly 
worker kneeling ; dark worker pinning Wazzag against wall, turning 
whore around, pressing hip onto wall, punching belly to bend top of 
body down, thrusting bouncing member towards arse exposed by 
inclination of body ; jissom spurting --- worker, thrusting, allows leg 
to stiffen ---, splashing buttocks : Wazzag, laughing, pushing 
buttocks between thighs of dark worker, rubbing buttocks, smeared 
with jissom, against jeans of him wiping, with finger-tip, lenses 
steamed up in heated tension ; jissom still spurting, clots catching on 
curls around arse ; buttocks turning, twisting ejaculating member ; 
dark worker gripping member, squeezing root, squashing glans onto 
coccyx of whore, drawing circle, spiral, rectangle onto skin ridged by 
vertebrae ; other hand holding one side of Wazzag's sweaty torso : 
pulling jissom off taut hams --- mouth, lungs, spasmodic, thrust 
forward ; pushing whore towards corner --- blond, head tinged violet 
by rush of blood, pummelling club-foot bent down ; dark worker 
uncoupling from Wazzag, directing arse of whore towards club-foot's 
inclined head ; club-foot, opening mouth, fastening lips swollen with 
cold blood onto decorated coccyx, sucking up circle, spiral, 
rectangle, dark worker stuffing member into mouth of Wazzag 
kneeling, hands squeezing driller's knees ; whore sucking sticky 
member, swollen, forced by intermittent jissom, eyes turning away 
from worker's hairy belly, scrutinizing trellis crushed by mass of 
bodies, scintillating : shaved worker, curly worker, girl, entwined ; 
dark worker pulling sticky testicles out from between thighs, rolling 
balls against chin of whore, back towards hollows of cheeks ; loins 
quivering, encased in creased jeans ; pulling hands away, placing 
hands on Wazzag's head, sliding fingers through encrusted hair, 
tightening fingers, digging in, nails scratching scalp ; stiffening legs 
+ Wazzag turning head beneath nails ; vapours exhaled from driller's 
Contracted pubis clouding eyes ; lips rubbing at enlarged member ; 
Club-foot licking coccyx, tongue plunging into tangle of jissom- 
Smeared ringlets palpitating over Wazzag's arse ; blond, leaning over 
Croup. catching ears pierced through lobe, twisting ears, pulling, 
% 91 
pushing head back over upper back, hand covering, caressing 
straining throat ; {\slash} frizzy-haired youth pulling member swollen with 
jissom out from between Khamssieh's buttocks, biting grimy 
earlobes, spitting onto squashed cheek, grasping --- kneeling on 
buttocks --- Khamssieh's hair, lifting up inert head, kissing dusty 
mouth, wiping nose against forehead of whore, pinching eyebrows. 
eyelashes, pulling lashes, blowing over tarnished eyes, letting saliva 
run out through teeth over iris, lips curled back, fist striking 
forehead, standing up, wiping thick violet lips, fingers smoothing 
back frizzy hair ; member, stiffened, bouncing on sexual cluster 
spread over seam of fly ; foot trampling on ginger head ; pushing at 
door, bending down, picking up lifeless arms of whore, pulling body 
towards door ; behind zinc counter, lifting overturned body, propping 
whore up, back against zinc ; Khamssieh, panting, flinging arms 
behind zinc, fingers touching wood worn by contact with sweaty 
bellies ; dusty, sooty body --- chewed cigarette end, bloody, hooked 
to pubic curls beside member ---, stuck with splinters, stroked by 
driller all over front, from bottom to top : splinters pushed deeper by 
worker's palm ; hand sliding over knee, over thigh, pulling crumpled 
penis up against belly, climbing up along groin, thumb digging into 
navel, palpating belly, covering breasts, throat, bringing all grime of 
body up towards lips ; driller pouncing onto tottering body, pinning 
shoulder-blade against counter, pressing lips onto Khamssieh's 
temples : lips half-opening, breath blowing over ginger tufts, teeth 
nibbling temporal vein : saliva, driven back, strangling worker. 
chipped teeth slicing vein ; body collapsing, worker slumping forward 
3 forehead striking bottom of zinc panel, whole mouth sucking blood 
; pink foam frothing over Khamssieh's forehead ; body shivering 
under weight of driller ; head, emptied of venomous blood, warming 
; leg, caught between legs of driller hugged in baked jeans 
simmering : member twitching under worker's torn crotch ; aroused 
worker aspiring tepid blood, laughter stifled in throat, lips vibrating 
Over wound, snot expelled splashing forehead of whore ; Khamssieh 
hot red blood forcing all veins, moving underneath driller, hand 
% 92 
delving taking hold of man's softened penis ; member, pressed back, 
engorging, swelling, hardening ; frizzy youth taking lips off wound, 
straightening up, slapping hands onto hips, onto buttocks stuck to 
jeans by sweat, thrusting member forward, straining hard, arched 
violet, scrutinizing refreshed eyes of Khamssieh, opening blood- 
filled mouth, vomiting blood into Orangina bottle, wiping bloody lips 
:{\gl}., Stand up{\td} I fuck you till blood curdles in bottle{\thd} ; holding 
bulbous bottle of roughened glass between fingers : blood cooling ; 
Khamssieh moving ; lifting one side of body, balls caught under 
buttocks. shining, polished, through red hair, spreading out against 
bottom of arse ; frizzy worker pressing balls with tarred rope of 
espadrille ; Khamssieh, one hand pressed against bloody temple, 
propping elbow onto zinc ; frizzy worker, four fingers of each hand 
stuck into front pockets of jeans, thumbs joined over curve of 
member, leaning on one hip, fingers scratching root of penis through 
denim --- still dry ---, spitting onto body ; threads of saliva, hanging, 
vibrating from mouth down to Khamssieh's breast : swallowing 
threads, lips touching breast ; body of whore shuddering ; frizzy 
worker pulling hands out of jeans, slapping hands over Khamssieh's 
hips, mouth sucking nipple ; members stuck together, Khamssieh 
pressing hands onto buttocks of worker ; fingers palpating, kneading 
folds under buttocks, pinching, through threadbare denim soaked 
with sweat, arse-hairs caked with shit ; frizzy worker pulling away 
from Khamssieh ; punching fist into hips, spinning whore around, 
belly against zinc, smoothing member between two fingers, plunging 
member into Khamssieh's arse ; Wazzag, glans of dark worker 
blocked against nostril, chewing jissom ; fingers pulling, mauling 
Worker's balls hanging over throat ; blond squeezing head of club- 
foot standing upright against top of chest, bowing head twisted 
towards club-foot's spattered face, rubbing face with cheek, kissing 
jissom-smeared mouth, nibbling curls pulled from Wazzag's 
€ngorged arse, enrobed in clots thrown up from club-foot's 
Squeezed throat ; {\slash} Khamssieh sniffing, torso touching top of zinc 
Counter, eyes staring at Wazzag's grinding jaw ; glans of frizzy 
% 93 
worker probing into arse, Khamssieh spreading thighs, buttocks. 
heels, over bloody tiles ; hands of frizzy worker enveloping bottom 
of buttocks, seizing balls beneath penis half-penetrating arse. 
pulling, squashing balls into sexual cluster ; frizzy worker stiffening 
legs --- muscles vibrating, jerky, against ham hugged in jeans ---. 
tensing toes, heels raised, heaving over Khamssieh's rump ; member 
of whore beating against zinc, worker's fingers, leg raised, knee 
jammed against zinc, pulling at pubic curls, at membranes of 
member ; worker's wrist drawn back from between Khamssieh's 
thighs, moving up, damp, over hips, back, shoulder, barring throat. 
fingers pulling ear, curling back lips of whore : at same moment. 
jissom spattering arse : driller's balls, sweating, striking bottom of 
Khamssieh's buttocks, stiffening powdery curls over whore's temples 
bristling under worker's breath ; worker's other hand covering 
Khamssieh's breast, nails scraping sweat over grimy cuticle of nipple 
; tense feet forcing espadrilles imbibed with grease ; sweat flowing 
along legs squeezed under jeans ; torso, flaps of denim jacket 
thrown back at sides, rubbing back of whore --- sweat diluting 
bloody finger-prints of butcher ; jissom hardening penis, epidermis 
adhering to sides of arse ; whore squeezing buttocks over middle of 
shaft, slobbering, shivering, arms folded back against torso, wrists 
crossing wrists of worker : expelled jissom, hot, splashing previous 
spurt cooling ; seams, creases of frizzy worker's jeans : crotch 
pockets, fly, bottom of buttocks, groin, knees, hams, soaking up 
sweat ; worker, convulsed hands pulling away from torso from throat 
of whore, coughing against Khamssieh's cheek ; spittle, snot 
running down towards right corner of Khamssieh's lips ; thick mauve 
tongue protruding, bringing filaments back towards mouth --- 
aspired, spittle, suspended from chin, sticking to zinc ; hand bent 
back pressing, wiping, worker's soiled mouth filled with frothing 
phlegm ; gathering phlegm in cupped hand, lapping up along 
crevices --- seeping, reddened by powdered blood held back in folds 
of contracted hand ; frizzy worker slapping hands onto Khamssieh's 
hips, fingers digging into groin ; heels raised, hams tensing ; whore 
% 94 
licking hand filled with phlegm, flinging both arms back behind 
bodies, onto buttocks of frizzy worker, kneading, hitching buttocks 
up inside denim softened by labour of copulation, slipping thumbs 
into belt-loops ; tongue of frizzy worker licking --- mouth open 
panting --- corner of Khamssieh's lips, lips smeared with spittle, tip 
of tongue protruding ; worker's hairless cheek scraping pock- 
marked cheek of Khamssieh, belly strengthened on handles of US 
drills, grinding against horny coccyx --- vertebrae undulating against 
belly, stimulating blocked member ---, knees rubbing sweaty hams of 
whore ; blood curdling in bulbous Orangina bottle : Khamssieh's hot 
wide body weakening, frizzy worker's jissom, expelled, washing over 
retracted glans, sagging ; blood bursting from bitten temple ; body 
collapsing at worker's feet ; worker, drops from retracted member 
dripping onto seam at bottom of fly, crouching --- jeans squeezing 
gluey balls, flattened against buttocks ---, turning whore over onto 
back, simmering body cooling under fingers, lying out over body, 
placing lips over wound, sucking blood : {\gl}..naked whore-master, with 
blue hairs{\thd} your red dog bleeding{\thd}{\gr} ; mouth distended over wound, 
purring, slumping over lifeless body{\td} {\gl}..dog, mule,..jissom filling 
your head, your belly, your hams, let jissom run through your veins, 
pushing to heart, pumping your blood{\td} fuck, suck, your lips, your 
hands, your member swollen by jissom equal with blood.{\gr} ; whore- 
master, going to shit, hand spread out over arse, stopping at bottom 
of stairs ; russet head lying bathed in blood ; buttocks of frizzy 
worker quivering, hugged in jeans ; whore-master advancing, 
Crouching, lifting Khamssieh's nape..: {\gl}..let go, frizzy man{\thd} your 
teeth, grinders of carrion, infect wound..{\gr} ; {\slash} Wazzag's tongue, 
jissom swallowed, licking under balls of dark worker ; worker, arms 
faised, buttocks pressed back against wall, spreading thighs, 
Stretching all limbs, yawning ; Wazzag kissing thigh --- stretched 
Muscles heating flesh ; {\slash} whore-master's fingers unfastening frizzy 
Worker's lips from wound, pushing back rest of body --- rolling onto 
back. legs spread alongside Khamssieh ---, lifting up Khamssieh's 
bloody feet, dragging cold body into box-room, locking box-room, 
% 95 
crossing saloon, passage, bounding into garden ; frizzy worker. 
bloody lips throbbing, throat gurgling, rubbing eyes, flinging arm 
sideways, stroking, with flat of palm, tepid traces of Khamssieh's 
body on floorboards, finger-tip rubbing blood into dust, licking 
finger, yawning, pushing softened sticky member back into jeans. 
buttoning, patting fly raised again by member rehardening ; cheek 
touching floorboard ; sweat drying in sleep ; {\slash} Wazzag, standing up 
beside dark worker, rubbing ear, temple. against lips of worker 
{\gl}..bite my vein, man, then he feeds me lamb-liver..{\gr} ; whore-master 
unravelling jeans, djellaba, of club-foot, tied to trunk of apricot tree 
in corner, slipping clothes on, straddling trellis : leaning on stake. 
shaved worker again shitting in burning sand, women, squatting in 
shade, flinging flowering-fruits fallen from tree onto gleaming skull 
--- veins, veinlets, standing out, with straining of defecation --- 
pollen bursting over occiput ; curly-haired worker, girl, copulating on 
debris of reeds, panting, moaning ; women clapping hands dusted 
with pollen, whore-master running, alongside {\gl} Dead Ponds {\gr} 
towards camp --- effluvia from kitchens, trapped, held at noon in 
bushes, in foliage, driven out in evening by winds from plateau 
crawling under barbed wire --- ground strewn with turds driven out 
of kennel by wind ---, skirting around incandescent hut of dog- 
handlers : lithe dogs, rearing up, claws hooked onto fencing 
members projecting erect, sniffing aroma of jissom exhaled by 
whore-master's body advancing beneath fire ; in bedroom with pink 
walls plastered with photos of naked women, soldier with curly blond 
hair, wrapped in sheet, body, sweating naked except for immaculate 
Cotton pants scintillating with crystals of washing-powder, squashing 
jumbled membranes, tufts, limbs, of black bitch on heat, flopped. 
eyes hazy, in hollow of mattress ; whore-master kneeling before bed 
touching soldier's hand, opened, moist, on pillow ; soldier rolling 
onto back, legs spread under damp sheet ; bitch, front legs tucked 
under sheet, growling, slaver drooling between fangs onto soldier's 
pink shoulder : {\td} {\gl}..my red dog's bleeding.{\gr} ; soldier pushing bitch 
aside, kissing whore-master's palm, striking flank of bitch : animal 
% 96 
springing off sheet, jumping to bottom of bed, sniffing, quick, 
whore-master's arse ; blond soldier drawing close : {\td} {\gl} {\td} lie down, 
Sultane{\thd} come, colleague{\thd} let your red dog bleed all his poisoned 
blood..{\gr} ; soldier lifting sheet, whore-master climbing onto bed, 
sliding under sheet, purring coiled in warm impression left by bitch 
--- black hairs of animal stuck by slaver to blond curls of soldier ; 
soldier rolling to one side, palpating whore-master's hot belly under 
sheet : member quivering underneath, below layer of cloth, of denim 
; rolling up djellaba --- whore-master spreading thighs, sandy foot 
touching damp foot of soldier ---, unbuttoning dry heated jeans, 
burying hand, whole wrist, between whore-master's thighs, seizing 
member, smoothing shaft up to glans ringed with jissom mixed with 
grease, with minium, from Khemissa's arse : smell of club-foot --- 
dates, camel-dung, urine, baby's droppings, leather, tea ---, stirred 
up in clothes by heat of bodies, mixing with smell of bitch, with 
cologne sprinkled by soldier over whole body before, after, caring for 
dogs ; soldier's member spurring, wetting pants ; bellies, breasts 
touching under stretched sheet filtering pink light of walls ; bitch 
sitting on haunches, ears flattened back, scrutinizing nude photos ; 
whore-master rolling onto belly, soldier sitting up, rolling up djellaba, 
jeans, palpating exposed buttocks, straddling --- fist pressed into 
mattress --- whore-master's body, pulling member straining stiff out 
of pants, lodging member between buttocks quivering beneath belly, 
lowering naked body onto dressed body under sheet ; legs stiffened, 
hands squeezing shoulders of pimp, vertical friction, pressure, 
forcing jissom itching in pubis, seething in glans ; outside pants, 
balls, sweaty, spreading over hem at waist of jeans ; muscles 
felaxing, tongue licking whore-master's salty cheek, bristly down 
Over upper lip ; bitch lying on concrete floor, stretching legs, 
founding rump, whining ; soldier squeezing whore-master's jaw. 
Member rehardening, jissom, drawn from groin spurting, mouth 
Opening, neck jerking, cutting across ridge of whore-master's jaw ; 
teardrop scalding wing of nose ; gust of wind blowing lower 
eucalyptus branches against sheet-metal roof : white tarantula 
% 97 
falling onto panting belly of bitch, sting piercing vein through sweaty 
coat ; bitch howling, standing up, shaking ; weakened, lying back 
down, licking pink paint of wall, frantic, rolling onto side of belly 
stung, yelping ; soldier pulling ejaculating penis out of whore- 
master's arse, jumping to bottom of bed --- member bouncing, thick. 
on elastic of pants ---, crouching beside bitch --- jissom flowing from 
sparkling glans in pearly clots, running over hairy surface of thigh 
---, turning animal over, pinching wound, grasping back leg, 
squashing tarantula tucked into cavity in concrete ; standing up. 
taking syringe filled with serum from cupboard paned with frosted 
glass hanging in corner on wall, crouching back down, lifting fist 
squeezing syringe : final spurt --- running over retracted glans. 
streaming over shaft of member down to pubic hair, gumming cotton 
--- softening arm ; thumb of free hand lifting, squeezing, pushing 
member back into pants, licking fist smeared with jissom forced back. 
wiping unclenched fist over loins ; arm falling, syringe piercing tufted 
epidermis ; bitch shuddering ; soldier withdrawing syringe, patting 
wet muzzle, standing up, placing wet syringe in cupboard, coming 
back to bed, sitting down, pushing buttocks towards cheek of whore- 
master rolled over onto back, sheet flung down, crumpled, onto 
dusty cement, soldier spinning around, legs jammed against wall 
sticky sexual cluster packed into pants sweeping over cheek of pimp. 
dropping head between thighs of latter hugged in jeans ; pimp's 
nose sniffing under soldier's arse ; soldier's member again 
stretching pants, lips sticking to crease of jeans, on pimp's hot thigh 
; damp foot pushing against incandescent window-frame : at same 
moment, one, two, three sentinels of relief guard, bodies girdled 
after eating, farts drenching arses, looming up towards window : 
helmets striking glass, soldiers, quick, pressing grease-smeared 
mouths onto pane over heel touching glass from inside, eyes 
feasting --- under matted lashes --- on fold marked out in cotton by 
member curved back inside pants ; in angle of thighs spread out 
whore-master's head rearing up, lips kissing, sucking sticky cotton : 
soldier, laughter shaking torso, sliding hands under loins of pimp. 
% 98 
member straining against nape, mouth vibrating in fold : {\thd} {\gl} jissom, 
blood, sweat, saliva, bile{\td} your dogs working deep on men{\thd} for 
when the lymph?{\td} {\gr} ; Wazzag, crouching, sucking member of dark 
driller dozing ; blond driller snoring, below latrine, slumped over 
club-foot ; lips of club-foot soiled with dust, seizing, sucking up 
scrap of meat stuck to tiling : throat, throbbing on concrete, 
swallowing ; blood oozing over loins ; dark worker sliding down along 
wall ; Wazzag, one hand holding up loins, other --- sweat driving 
seed --- massaging sexual cluster ; dark worker, lying beside wall, 
sighing ; Wazzag pulling fingers off sleeping body ; standing up, 
wiping hands on hips, stretching raised arms, splayed legs ; dried 
jissom crumbling over dilated cuticle ; Wazzag crouching, picking up 
strips of meat squashed on tiling by tense feet of drillers, lifting 
meat to mouth, to mouth of club-foot ; arched, heavy vermilion 
croup, buttocks open, touching soiled tiling, scintillating, from nape 
down to bottom of buttocks, in penumbra bathed in rays of pink fire 
+ {\slash} soldier, standing, pants stuck to buttocks by jissom smeared over 
face of pimp, heating syringe on gas-ring screwed to pink wall ; in 
bluish fire, rounded belly swelling smattered with jissom ; member 
retracting in heated cotton ; whore-master rising, sitting on edge of 
bed. buttoning jeans, standing, letting bluish djellaba run down over 
body, leaning back against doorpost ; soldier, one hand holding 
handle of saucepan, other, leg raised, scratching sexual cluster : 
quick fart swelling cotton bridled over buttocks ; packing syringe, 
femoved from gas-ring, into case, taking sub-machine gun from rack, 
hanging gun on shoulder, tying cartridge-belt around waist, against 
bare belly, arranging cartridges on each side of member swelling in 
Pants, sliding case into empty cartridge-pack ; emerging from hut. 
trails of jissom on sides of buttocks, on face of pimp, on sides of 
thighs, on back of pants, on fingers of one hand of soldier, fuming, 
Caught by fire ; younger soldier leaning on fence, naked but for light 
US shorts --- olive-coloured matching feverish body, seamless. 
hugging midriff --- scrutinizing bitches heaped dozing under canopy 
Of palms : member, straining stiff, poking from shorts, over thigh ; 
% 99 
glans, slipped between links of fence, shining ; soldier touching back 
marked with splashes of grease, of black gravy ; piece of garlic 
buzzing in ear of head twisted back : {\gl}{\td} dog-master, cook lends me 
his new sauce-boy, to you, everything, back, front, flesh, curls, juice 
--- all but bile, blood ---, in exchange for one pregnant bitch, red- 
haired, healthy, chosen by me, brother of his fiancée in Europe : I 
feast from his glans furbished on spit of oven{\thd} {\gr} ; dog-master 
entering kennel, bending low, bare feet trampling on sweating bellies 
of awakened bitches : all stretching, sniffing master's genitals 
licking jissom : alone, red bitch, languid, still lying under canopy. 
eyes half-closed, swimming with tears, belly panting ; dog-master. 
pushing bitches aside --- tongues enveloping, heating member 
swollen in sticky cotton ---, crouching down, groping at belly of red 
bitch ; animal's eyes opening, sclerotic dilating over golden iris 
ringed with blood ; sauce-boy kneeling, palpating arse, sliding finger 
inside ; hip brushing against hip of dog-master, fingers weaving into 
sweaty coat ; dog-master, opening mouth, biting sauce-boy's salty 
shoulder, letting saliva run from between teeth onto olive skin 
removing lips, standing up ; outside kennel, sauce-boy straddling 
bitch, sitting astride : seam of shorts tearing against coat, boy 
standing, pushing bitch towards kitchens : tuft of hairs from arse 
emerging, shaken out by movements of loose friction of buttocks. 
through tear in shorts ; {\slash} whore-master leading dog-master into 
garden : shaved worker wiping shit-caked arse in sand, hiding face 
in hand ; curly-haired worker, kneeling, fists in sand, below mound 
with women dozing beneath tree, pushing --- knee pressed against 
sticky vulva --- shaved girl panting, dress rolled up over belly, thighs 
open ; {\slash} dog-master, crouching, foaming at lips, jabbing into 
Khamssieh's arm ; pulling out syringe ; whore-master taking syringe 
going up to bedroom, setting syringe onto heat, coming back down 
pulling bandage wrapped in cellophane from cash-box ; Wazzag 
standing, chewing meat-scrap, chin smeared with foam, leaning 
panting against doorpost : two threads of black snot hanging from 
Nostrils, spreading over rim of upper lip ; dog-master dressing bite- 
% 100 
wound ; Wazzag appearing, leaning back against box-room door : 
dog-master standing straight, rubbing bloody hands together ; 
whore-master pulling Khamssieh to back of box-room, onto spongy 
heap of floor-cloths ; dog-master, armed, sweat misting gun, charger, 
advancing towards Wazzag, red hands outstretched, member 
spurring pants between cartridge-packs ; squeezing Wazzag ; gun- 
butt, member, digging into breast, belly : Wazzag pissing over dog- 
master's legs ; soldier, urine frothing at feet, pushing whore back, 
Wazzag's whole body trembling : stream shaken, splashing dog- 
master's pants ; Wazzag, driven back into corner of counter, hands 
vibrating at belly ; dog-master gripping arm, neck, from side, 
squeezing, swinging top of Wazzag's body back over counter, 
squashing neck under two fists pressed together ; Wazzag 
struggling, stream from shaken member sprinkling doorposts, tiles, 
contracted knee of dog-master ; dog-master stepping back, gun 
swinging at sweaty side, jumping back into box-room, pulling at 
pants, member dropping out --- shaken dry in fist ; spitting into 
stream, onto Wazzag's belly, breasts ; member of whore --- stream 
diminished --- retracting, dripping over thigh ; dog-master rushing at 
telieved body, kissing neck marked with finger-prints ; gun-butt 
digging into Wazzag's breast : member swelling with urine ; muscles 
telaxed, hot stream striking foot of dog-master ; dog-master seizing, 
pointing Wazzag's member towards counter --- hams of whore 
flattened back against zinc ; quick, stepping aside, turning Wazzag 
around, belly to zinc, buggering whore, damp crumpled pants 
Tubbing, brushing against fat of buttocks ; member bathed in urine, 
sliding into arse cleaned by flicks of club-foot's tongue ; urine 
bathing, heating bare feet pressed together ; stream of jissom 
Shaking member of whore, chest panting, barred at level of nipples 
by rim of counter ; jissom spurted, dog-master's knee raised rubbing 
Over Wazzag's hip, hand groping at retracted member of whore, lips 
Closing around ear weighed down by coral ear-ring ; stream from 
Member stopping under dog-master's fingers, whore arched whining, 
Stretching muscles of thighs, of buttocks --- clot of jissom squeezed 
% 101