DESIRE • by Martin Cooney

This day, I cross the Bragoto River to the market, slave to a desire that has been growing in my heart. What beauty! I brush past women, clothed in fine reds and purples and blues like shrimps, and just when my passion is greatest–I see them! Those seductive tails, red coats, those large black eyes–and how they lie sensuously, one upon the other!

Braided ponytails obstruct my view, of eyes dark and alluring as the sea at night. What? Are they too hot, those lovely daughters, that they hide from me, curled demurely in that small window of shade? Let me free them from those heavy coats!

At last! The herdsman blocking my view with his ponies moves away. I come near, I cannot stay away, I run my fingers over those hard, red coats and juicy, bulging eyes. Yes, the bed of ice below has kept them fresh. Tonight I will have Shrimp Pili-Pili!

Martin Cooney’s  work has appeared or will appear in Grasslimb, Bywords, MicroHorror, AlienSkin, Wild Violet, Pegasus Review, and Canadian Short Stories, as well as Kita Nippon Newspaper (in Japanese).

Posted on January 27, 2008 in Humour/Satire, Literary, Stories
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6 Responses to “DESIRE • by Martin Cooney”


  1. gay degani Says:
    January 27th, 2008 at 10:55 am

    Well, I can’t wait for dinner now.

  2. DJ Barber Says:
    January 27th, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    Soup’s on!! Sounds delicious.

  3. Martin Says:
    January 27th, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    Thanks for the comments, Gay and DJ, and bon appétit! :)
    Hmm… I didn’t know I had a novella coming out in November.

  4. Camille Gooderham Campbell Says:
    January 28th, 2008 at 1:33 am

    Very sorry, Martin… it looks like you somehow got someone else’s bio by mistake! Oops. It’s corrected now.

  5. Barry Wood Says:
    January 28th, 2008 at 5:28 am

    I made a soup last night too, Martin. Keep on writing!

  6. Martin Says:
    January 28th, 2008 at 10:35 am

    My fault on the bio; I think I forgot to attach it the last time I submitted.
    Hope the soup was good, Barry!

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