Lost Horse beckons him
it has beckoned him since he
first visited ithis girlfriend had moved to Montana and when they moved in together
she took him around on weekends to show him the Bitterroot Valley where she
spent summers as a girl
it was a far cry from where they
met in Miami
Lost Horse rose like cream in his
mind at odd times many times every year since he left HA since he left his marksince he pissed off its
edge into the confluence of two pale green valleys below as he looked into
Idaho
before he finished
pissingenjoying the freefall of his golden stream it quit fallinghung suspended
reversed returned to him on a gust an updraftand before he could turn his back it
spritzed himbaptized anointed him
then slowly turning aroundmaybe mortified
dripping he turned into the gale and glee
and unrestrained laughter of his girlfriend who between gasps sputtered I told
you not to
Im hilarioushuh
Ohmygoodness Ive never seen anything so hilariousYou had
no idea
I didnt
It
makes sense now
Now Now it does
After the fact
she nodded her headwiped tears
out of her eyes
Although I think theres something even more hilarious
Huh
and barely did the huh escape her than
he was on her wrapping her up in his besprinkled arms holding her to his chest
kissing her neck and cheeks seeking her mouth
she struggled uselesslymaybe
repulsed maybe until he found her mouth and kissed her hard
and deeply sharing his moisture
she relaxed relaxed
she kissed him
back
their
passions rose
they
bruised their lips
he
released hergrabbed her at the throat of her dress and stepping backyanking her bonebuttons
gave away and scattered silently on the soft earth he spun her around and pushed her
forward against a boulder pulled the dress off her shouldersunsnapped her bra he
clutched her breastskissed the back of her head
she turned her headhe leaned over her shoulderthey kissedthey hungered he pushed her on top of the
boulderlifted her dressedtore off her soft cotton panties and took her and
taking her the boulder thoughtfully rocked with his thrusts and rolled her back onto his cock rock and roll
rock n rollrocknroll
when he was finally spent he helped
her off the rock held her tighttheir
hearts beating like mad tomtoms
she noticed
first
Look
looking he saw her breasts and belly
and hips left damp darkened spots on the agesworn smooth rock temporarily imprinting it
she leaned back against his chesthe
held her fast and they watched her sweat evaporate
and watching she could feel their moisture slip
down the inside of her thighhe felt the last of himself dribble out the end of his
cock onto his thigh
ever the unlikely sayunexpected humourist she turned in his arms to him and
laughed A twist of Marleys Exodushuh and explained by breaking his binds and
hooking her little finger she swabbed up a beetle from her thigh and offered it
to him
Dont mind if I do
sheshrieked
helapped her fingerhe boost her up again on top the boulderdefied her unhinged
laughterher pitiful strugglesplit her legs apartwent to his knees and tongued and sucked on
her as he sucked marrow out of bones
later walking down from Lost Horse on a winding dirt trail
to the car she said Youre quite indecent
he smiled I think you quite enjoy my indecency
she chirped I do I do . .
.
. Youdowhat
I
do I do I do enjoy your indecency
and later
when they married a small ecumenical
ceremony in a small woodworked Presbyterian church on the banks of the Bitterroot
River her I Do to the reverends query
and vow sounded very much like her I do as they walked down from Lost Horse
he teased he raised an eyebrow
she winked she stamped it Gold with a quick beautiful
smile their private joke amid solemnity
Lost Horse
he was finally backhis wife had died
many manytoo many years ago
their children flourished
he cherished their grandchildren
for them
they flourished too
he cherished their
great-grandchildren for them
now of his own volition he finally
was returninganswering its beckoning
he told his family only that he
was going to the Bitterroot
they worried it was a long drive
he said he wouldnt undertake it
if he thought hed jeopardise other people
they finally conceded
which made him laugh
he wasnt asking
the boulder was still therewhy
wouldnt it be?
he laid his hand on top of it
he remembered where the cool damp
spots were
he leaned over put his nose to
the rock and smelled it
it smelled warmsmelled like the surrounding
trees their needles the lodgepole larch Douglas-fir Subalpine-fir
it smelled wholesome
it smelled of horseapples someone had ridden rode a horse up Lazy bastard
he whispered
he walked over to the edge
he stood right beside his memory
his memory was readying to take a
piss
Dont do that she said
he turned ever
so slightly
he saw her in her summer dress over his shoulder he said Ah my love I didnt listen to you then
he saw her in her summer dress over his shoulder he said Ah my love I didnt listen to you then
before his memory could finish
unbuttoning his pants he dove out into the clear cool air that percolated
and swirled above the confluence of two pale green valleys below
conception 2036,
Saturday, 1 7. 17
Day-between-Two-Ts
afternoon, 12 7. 17
1642, Thursday,
13 7. 17
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