Pygmy, Page 3

  For official record, during current now, eye of operative me rest on operative Magda. Magda brown eye rest on host cat sister. Sister eye rest on bruised clear-yellow bitch, Trevor Stonefield. Bully eye rest on this agent. Eye of four persons describe rough square within worship shrine.

  Voice say, break into head of operative me, male voice say, “My, my…”

  Voice worship leader eye cat sister and this agent, devil Tony say, “I do believe that love has found Andy Hardy.” Fashion face of half smile. Blink eye at operative me.

  Next then shrine filled roaring noise. Bellows powering keyboard instrument tremble atmosphere, fill with location wind noise. Baying out mouths all worship member, wailing, scream word off insides paper book unfolded in hand. Baying cacophony of gaping fish mouth, all gape unison, head tilted backward to rest eye against fake torture male painted blood. Many dog bay at moon. Shrine air fogged many stink breath. Barking. During herd dog bay, all eye on fake moon, fake blood, fake metal spike, fake protrude fake male feet.

  Eye of operative me look up, look under loincloth where only plaster. No weapon. Plaster no painted. Layer on fake feet blood, old dust. Painted blood out plaster hat cover of sharp sticks, plaster eye bleed water painted blue.

  Under foot of fake male, bin filled water, big of swim bath. Located there operative Magda appareled gown sewn white fabric. Belted around waist. Feet revealed below gown naked, belted around neck gold chain of metal suspending miniature of fake torture man burdening crossed stick. Cold shark eye of operative Magda rest on this agent. Behind heels of naked feet yawn water bin. Filled deep of clear water. Located front, elevated. Worship leader stance agent 36 to edge of bin, backside to deep water.

  Worship leader cup both hand in air, patting air until baying stop. Bellowing keyboard stop. “Dear brothers and sisters,” say devil Tony, “we’ve come together on this beautiful Sunday to welcome a shining new lamb into the bosom of Christ.”

  Among the worship, Magda look at cat sister look at clear-yellow bully look at operative me.

  Worship leader during say, “As John the Baptist washed clean the sins of Christ, let us also redeem the soul of this pagan child.” During say, devil Tony step out of own shoe. Step foot over lip of bin, immersing own trouser in water. Immersing more deep until water deep lap to own trouser waistband. Leader finger open button own blouse, tuck neck banner inserted between gap placket blouse, weave button fastener returned through hole. Silk banner safe so no fish into water.

  Face muscle of operative Magda spasm, smooth becoming mountains, canyons, as worship leader hands grab from behind, pull backward to topple agent 36 backward toward water. Could be bam-chop, could be jump, Magda tuck legs, Leaping Kangaroo Punch Escape, pulverize sternum of worship man, leap free of water bin and retreat. Could be, except no. Agent 36 permit hands carry backward down until buried in water. Eyes of agent look up through lens of shifting clear water, look during mouth of worship man move.

  Waters swallow operative Magda. Agent 36, official womb of future operative.

  Hands spread to remain agent submerge, worship leader say, “Let us pray…”

  Lungs of operative Magda suffer air starvation.

  Mouth of worship leader say, “We wash clean this child, born into the bogus faith of a false prophet. The misguided lies of a dead Mohammad or Buddha or Hindi.” Say, “In this immersing, let this child die and be reborn in the name of the one true everlasting Lord.” Say, “Let this death be not in vain, but may this tiny child arise in perfect union with Jesus Christ…”

  From embedded water, read lips of worship leader, ears of operative Magda decipher only, “Dead…die…death…”

  Is making of agent 36 human sacrifice. Both lung of that agent crave hanker for oxygen.

  Fellow Christian viper serving all seated upon benches, serving plates heaped many monetary notes. Stinking feast many cash denominations. Plates filled mass legal tender. Seated vipers feeding plates, paper money dollar out pocket-book. Host chicken mother, bony claw gut innards of shoulder purse until retract crumple cash money, feed to hungry plate. Abandon plate to host father. Cow father abandon hungry plate to cat sister.

  Just as rapid, stealth operative Tibor abscond paper fortune from plate. Operative Chernok secret purloin much lucre.

  Hand of worship leader shove retain sternum Magda embedded water. Opposite hand of leader flat palm held above own head full-length straight arm, open to inside of roof. Arm made straight at roof, both eye close. Mouthing lip of devil Tony say, “May this tiny child of God perish and be reborn in perfection.”

  Torso of worship leader tilted over water surface of bin. Legs of leader rooted in water neighboring operative Magda. Leader mouth move, say, “We ask only that this humble child open her heart to the goodness of Your blood…”

  Next then, silk striped banner of worship leader, out tuck from between placket at front of leader blouse. From tuck between buttons, banner flutter, dangle, flop so settle in water liquid, sink snaking spiral into clear water to tickle, lack of air, face of operative Magda. Both hand of that agent erupt out flat water, snatch tight fist around striped banner. Dual arms pull until, flash-splash, topple, embed devil Tony full in liquid. Famish for oxygen.

  Inside head of operative me echoing English word blood. Echoing dead. Echoing sacrifice.

  Magda pull wrestle worship leader buried in water, agent 36 seize full wrapped arm and leg. Force leader helpless. Captured, thirsting to inhale.

  For official record, nest American Christian vipers no able venture into water bin. Only witness, so fast occur. Vipers seated steps below bin level, below fake blood statue, below burning paraffin and bunched genital of plant life. View from vipers, witness leader man sunk into water. Gone. Next then, water splash froth, wash out edge of bin. Next then, water smooth still flat. No bubble. No viper move, only await.

  Operative Bokara extract of hungry plate rich sum cash money. Operative Oleg deduct stinking fortune capitalist nation dollars.

  Could be, embed deep, ruthless hand of Magda, pop-pop, make drilling Barracuda Deadly Eye Gouge. Could be teeth, zip-chomp, Piranha Strike, major blood tunnel at windpipe savage chew.

  Mouth lips of operative me quote glorious tyrant Mao Tsetung, total to admire, quote, “Women hold up half the sky.”

  Next then, red cloud bloom in water, red billowing in water, more dark red until no clear. Until generate all Christian viper rush to bin edge, no more able witness into water. Opaque red. No wave or bubble or splash. Only devil Tony and agent 36 gone, buried, full below red liquid.

  Settled full deep against floor of water bin, Magda fisting neck banner of worship leader, hands of that agent grip tight to starve oxygen. Allow leader once time heave up, leaping dolphin, break surface of red liquid, leader eye bulge, mouth devour air. Hands of leader climbing air ladder. White blouse, hair flat down sides face, streaking blood, red.

  Next now, arms of operative Magda streaked blood jerk leader back to floor of bin.

  Worship man scream bubble burst from water. Next now, silent.

  Allow red surface smooth, no bubble. All Christian viper twist together own hands, breathing seized. Surface flat of water bin, full smooth, full red. No more leader splash up.

  No worship leader able visible. No visible Magda.

  Christian plate hungry for money, arrive, cat sister abandon plate to pig dog.

  “Geez, Pygmy,” say pig dog host brother, remain sit, squinting peer over edge of bin. Pig dog hand pinching paper American dollar out own trouser. Host brother say, “Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the baptism font…” Host brother hand release cash dollar into money plate, paper bill smear stained fingerprints of blood, reek of Trevor bitch anus, seed of operative me.

  Next then, cat host sister say, “Gross!” Say, “What is that smell?” Wave hand so clear away air surrounding own nose, blink eye cover skins and fashion squint eye upon operative me.

  Quote, “Women hold up half the sky.”

>   Host sister say, “Pygmy, did you take a bath in Listerine?”

  Dispatch

  Fourth

  Begins here fourth account of operative me, agent number 67, seated among sleeping vault of host sister. Domestic structure Cedar. Suburb community . Date . For official record, have no yet violated secure entry host sister vagina. More easy this agent able violate secure American nation border.

  Current now, curving sinew spiraling tail of smoke arise white out tip solder iron, smoke drawing pattern in air, iron perched between cat finger like cigarette holder old film, host sister brandish, say, “Hey, Pygmy, when school starts…” Say, “Are you going out for science fair?”

  Mouths of operative me say, “Define?”

  Cat sister squint eye at heat, molten solder liquid lead metal atop work surface, say, “It’s easy.” Making solder electric circuits, say, “You invent something bullshit and they give you a free trip to the city.” Bunch shoulders at own ears, make shrugged, say, “But science is totally the hot where-it’s-at.”

  Ear of operative me steady consume sister word, only no able decipher. This agent sit balanced upon edge host sister bed, mattress pile with blanket, patterned many animals of brown weave through cover blanket. Animal all smile. Brown animal clench string bound to floating bladder inflated helium. Silly animal.

  Host sister drip and draw in melted lead metal, breathing snake tail of smoke.

  Host sister bed vault, all plaster surface colored yellow paint. Floor, layered yellow matting crafted with million strands yarn. Window observe leaves of outside tree. Light craning on stork neck illuminate where sister sit, tilt to watch where solder melt. Electric bulb of light strong bright.

  Door position, healed. Next now, rap, rap, rap knocking opposite surface of door. Other room voice say, “Sweetheart, can I borrow some batteries?”

  Host sister, cat sister remain head tilted. Eye rest on tip solder wand. Say, “What size?”

  Door swing so reveal host chicken mother, claw gripping opposite handle. Mother say, “Knock, knock.” Eyes rest upon operative me, smile same fake as brown animal patterned in blanket. Chicken mouth say, “Double-A, triple-A, I’ll take whatever you got.”

  No look away solder project, cat sister say, “Try my radio.” Say, “They’re D-sized, but they’re pretty new.”

  Chicken mother strut small parade to table, side of bed. Claw scratch open hatch in behind black plastic box contraption. Spill from, one to eight cylinders, land plop-plop on bedcover blanket. Cylinder bounce and roll. Host mother gather, bony talon hand secure eight into trouser side pockets. Mouth say, “Any more?”

  Veiled within smoke, haloed and misted pale smoke of hot metal, sister face say, “Try my Talking Teddy bear.”

  Mother claws pry open skin of stuffed bear. Miniature false bear. Skin of behind swing open so reveal cylinder, chicken claw scrape hollow. Bear gutted. Conceal battery cylinder into trouser. Mouth say, pitch more high, “Any more?”

  Wreathed of metal cigarette holder, glowing hot wand, sister face say nothing. Silent. Nose vent metal smoke. Acrid. Mouth say, “Try my rape siren, in my backpack.” Fuming solder smoke, say, “God, Mom, you’re pathetic.”

  Chicken mother strut to location fabric container rest at floor below window. Claw scratch from pocket small trumpet, twist end and void two cylinder. Trouser pocket swollen many cylinders, host mother scramble until door, say, “Thanks, sweetheart.” Say, “You two play nice.” Drag door until healed into wall. Foot sounds, smaller, gone.

  Face tilted, eye cover skin make squint within floating path, curve corkscrew white threads smoke, host sister say, “I can’t believe my own mother would put her orgasm above me maybe getting raped …”

  Hands shoving metal worm solder metal to melt against heat solder iron. Paint liquid metal pattern on circuit board work project. In breathe snaking white smoke, cat sister say, “Trust me, Pygmy, don’t go down to the basement for a while.” Say, “Mom’s throwing one of her fukkerware parties.” Say, “It used to be her and her friends would force each other to buy these plastic boxes for leftover food. Now they sit around test-driving vibrators.”

  Eyes of operative me solely rest on sister. Beyond sheet window glass, under beyond tree, along sidewalk stand operative Magda, no suffocated, brown eyes rested on here.

  Host sister say, “It’s these sex toys they use to climax.” Say, “That’s why the batteries.”

  Miniature invisible shake grow out bed, spring of mattress, floor of chamber shimmy. Tiny shake make dance yellow fabric window veil. Miniature shimmy shiver innards of operative me, tiny pulse massage weapon within trouser.

  Tool knife shiver route across work surface, past host sister elbow, closer edge to drop. Next now, cat sister seize knife one now before drop to floor. Rest knife more far from edge work surface, say, “What torques me is how my mom’s generation started a revolution for equal rights and just ended up in the basement jacking off.” Say, “But I guess I could make the same complaint about my dad’s generation and the Internet…”

  Beyond window glass, Magda steady as tree. Rooted. Waited.

  Say, stealth calm as green tree sloth, say, “Esteemed host sister, what is labor position of respected father?”

  Repeat shoulders made shrugging, cat sister say, “Something with the government. Developing new strains of some virus or something.” Eat smoke in mouth, vent burnt metal smoke out nostril.

  Speech of operative me, this agent fashion worry scared, say, “Glorious father craft deadly virus?”

  Craning light on work surface, throw bright bulb illuminate solder work, next now less bright. Bulb shrink from white to yellow. Dim in room layer white smoke. Next now, repeat glow bright.

  Host sister eye bulb, say, “Gross, they’ve graduated from direct current to alternating.”

  This agent, say, “Clarify?”

  “From battery sex toys to ones that plug into outlets,” say host sister. Solder draw into pattern, link diode, transistor, transducer, mystery project, host sister say, “Build a better vibrator, Pygmy, and the world will beat a path to your door.”

  Eye blink against white smoke, cat sister say, “What scares me is how the Chinese are light-years ahead of us in the sex toy race…”

  Eye of operative me cast to rest against Magda, outside, ready wait vessel for seed of this agent. Mouths of this agent quote fascist tyrant, lunatic emperor Adolf Hitler, say, ‘“The day of individual happiness has passed.’”

  Host sister say, “What are your folks like?” Sister hair gather behind head, braided single rope. Sister buttocks cupped in work chair, cat sister say, “I mean, what was your childhood like?” Say, “What’s it like where you come from?”

  Next then, hands of operative me grip yellow fabric veil window, layer fabrics so meet in center, blocking view tree, outside, Magda. Eclipse.

  Quote, “The day of individual happiness has passed.”

  Next now crane light shining work surface, bulb die black. Smoke no rise white out solder iron. Solder grow cool until weld, stuck to iron. Cat sister say, “Shit.” Project hesitated. Say, “Those horny housewives…”

  Chamber dim, darken, operative me say, “Clarify?”

  Twins of operative me and cat sister seated inside dark, host sister say, “My guess is they’ve tripped a circuit breaker.”

  And this agent say, “Revision.” Say, “Please, tell repeat nature host father security, government priority top-secret labors?” Say, “Provide more detail, please.”

  Dispatch

  Fifth

  Begins here fifth account of operative me, agent number 67 recall training session day . Operative preparation laboratory . Home nation . Dated back many year. For official record, recounting here formative history of operative me.

  Depict here standard classroom laboratory occupy basement owning no window. Location divided long aisle between lengthy work surface, wall lined silver bins wove wire housing resident animals. White rodent. Frequent rabbit su
ffering experiment. Pigs of Guinea. Fellow operatives conduct to test chemical exposing animals. Location reek as baby animal fancy restaurant American shopping mall.

  Baby puppy, as American title beef. Baby kitten as pork.

  For official record, as rule must address chemist instructor, during enter room, unison all operative must announce: “Greetings, esteemed most revered educator.” In single unite voice must all operative say, “Accept, please, our gratitude for the wisdom you impart.” This, every today.

  Specific past today, many today ago, this agent heat tincture of iodine, hovering tincture within glass beaker above flame gas burner. One hand of operative me operate beaker secure grasping tongs. One hand of this agent suspend metal saucer filled ice on top boil tincture heated within beaker, crystal iodine sublime as alcohol evaporate. Crystal form, crusted underneath side of ice saucer. Hands of operative me securing heated beaker, gas flame hiss, hand secure to suspend saucer of ice, this agent handless as laboratory go dark. Sudden, no light. From bright, many surrounded fellow operative, Tibor, Sheena, Ling, Metro, Tanek, baby animal, laboratory classroom fall blind dark.

  From behind operative me wrap hands of other, cupped to cover eyes of this agent. Cupped dark.

  Could be foot heel of operative me backward kick, Exploding Mule, kick-sock, to backward shatter knee of attacker. Instead, female voice say, “Comrade operative, fast profess recipe to manufacture vast explosion picric acid.” Voice of operative 36, agent Magda.

  Duo hands of operative me occupied, one heated, one ice chilled, mouths of this agent say, “Recipe picric acid…” Say, “Twenty aspirin tablet, half cup pure alcohol, sulfuric acid stolen automobile battery, three teaspoon potassium nitrate…”

  Cupped hands reek of zinc chloride.

  Cupped hands of operative Magda release eyes of this agent. Agent 36 make small parade to stand at elbow of this agent. Magda say, “Exact correct, comrade.”