Нагой обед [Naked Lunch] - Берроуз Уильям Сьюард 13 стр.


Now I'll showyou themild deviantand crimi-

nalward. Yes,a criminalis amild devianthere. He

doesn'tdenytheFreelandcontract.Hemerely seeks

tocircumventsomeofthe clauses.Reprehensible but

not too serious. Down this hall...We'll skipwards 23,

86, 57 and 97... and the laboratory."

"Are homosexuals classed as deviants?'

"No.RemembertheBismarckArchipelago.Noovert

homosexuality.Afunctioningpolicestateneedsnopo-

lice.Homosexualitydoesnotoccurtoanyoneascon-

ceivablebehaviour....Homosexualityisapolitical

crimeinamatriarchy.Nosocietytoleratesovertre-

jectionofits basictenets. Wearen't amatriarchy here,

Insh'allah.Youknowtheexperimentwithratswhere

theyaresubjecttothiselectricshockanddropped in

coldwaterifthey somuch asmove ata female.So they

allbecomefruitratsand that'sthe wayit iswith the

etiology.Andshallsucharatsqueakout,'I'mqueah

andIluuuuuuuuveit'or'Whocutyoursoff,you two-

holedfreak?''twereasquareratsotosqueak. During

myratherbriefexperienceasapsychoanalyst --spot of

botherwiththeSociety--one patientran amokin Grand

Centralwithaflamethrower,twocommittedsuicide

and one diedon thecouch likea junglerat (jungle rats

aresubjecttodieifconfrontedsuddenlywitha hope-

less situation). So his relations beef and I tellthem, 'It's

allintheday'swork. Getthis stiffouta here.It's a

bringdownfor mylive patients'-- Inoticed thatall my

homosexualpatientsmanifestedstrongunconscious

heterosextrendsandallmyheteropatientsuncon-

scioushomosexualtrends.Makesthebrainreel,don't

it?"

"And what do you conclude from that?"

"Conclude?Nothingwhatever.Justapassingobser-

vation."

WeareeatinglunchinBenway'sofficewhenhegets

a call.

"What'sthat?...Monstrous!Fantastic!...Carryon

and stand by."

Heputsdownthephone."Iampreparedtoaccept

immediateassignmentwithIslamIncorporated.

It

seemstheelectronicbrainwentberserkplaying six-

dimensionalchesswiththeTechnicianandreleased

every subject in the R.C.Leave usadjourn tothe roof.

Operation Helicopter is indicated."

Fromtheroof ofthe R.C.we surveya sceneof un-

paralleledhorror.IND'sstand aroundin frontof the

cafetables, longstreamers ofsaliva hangingoff their

chins, stomachs noisily churning, others ejaculateat the

sightofwomen.Latahsimitatethepassers-bywith

monkey-likeobscenity.Junkieshavelootedthedrug-

stores and fix on every street corner.... Catatonics deco-

ratethe parks....Agitated schizophrenicsrush through

thestreetswithmangled,inhumancries.Agroup of

P.R.'s --Partially Reconditioned-- havesurrounded some

homosexualtouristswithhorrible knowingsmiles show-

ing the Nordic skull beneath in double exposure.

"What do you want?" snaps one of the queens.

"We want to understand you."

Acontingentofhowlingsimopathsswingfrom chan-

deliers,balconiesandtrees,shitting andpissing on

passers-by.(Asimopath-- thetechnical namefor this

disorder escapes me -- is a citizen convinced he isan ape

or other simian. It isa disorderpeculiar tothe army,

anddischargecuresit.) Amokstrot alongcutting off

heads, faces sweet andremote witha dreamyhalf smile.

...Citizens with incipient Bang-utot clutchtheir penises

and call on thetourists forhelp.... Arabrioters yipe

andhowl,castrating,disembowelling,throwburning

gasoline....Dancingboysstrip-teasewith intestines,

women stick severed genitals intheir cunts,grind, bump

and Hick it at the man of their choice.... Religious

fanatics harangue the crowd from helicopters and rain

stone tablets on their heads, inscribed with meaningless

messages.... Leopard Men tear people to pieces with

iron claws, coughing and grunting.... Kwakiutl Canni-

bal Society initiates bite off noses and ears....

A coprophage calls for a plate, shits on it and eats the

shit, exclaiming, "Mmmm, that's my rich substance."

A battalion of rampant bores prowls the streets and

hotel lobbies in search of victims. An intellectual avant-

gardist -- *'Of course the only writing worth considering

now is to be found in scientific reports and periodicals"

-- has given someone a bulbocapnine injection and is

preparing to read him a bulletin on "the use of neo-

hemoglobin in the control of multiple degenerative

granuloma." ( Of course, the reports are all gibberish he

has concocted and printed up. )

His opening words: "You look to me like a man of

intelligence." (Always ominous words, my boy ..

When you hear them stay not on the order of your

going but go at once. )

An English colonial, assisted by five police boys, has

detained a subject in the club bar: "I say, do you know

Mozambique?" and he launches into the endless saga

of his malaria.

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