Нагой обед [Naked Lunch] - Берроуз Уильям Сьюард 15 стр.


S,and herdown witha kidney

stonebigastheHopeDiamond.So Igive herhalf a

Vagaminandtellher,"Youcan'texpect toomuch re-

lief....Shutupawready.Iwantaenjoymymedica-

tions.

"Stoleanopiumsuppositoryoutofmy grandmother's

ass."

Thehypochondriaclassoesthepasser-byandadmin-

isters a straitjacket and starts talking abouthis rotting

septum:"Anawfulpurulent dischargeis subjectto How

out... just wait till you see it."

He doesa striptease tooperation scars,guiding the

reluctantfingersofavictim."Feelthatsuppurated

swellinginmygroinwhereIgotthelymphogranu-

lomas....AndnowIwantyoutopalpatemy internal

hemorrhoids."

(Thereferenceistolymphogranuloma,"climactic

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buboes." Avirus venerealdisease indigenousto Ethio-

pia."Notfornothingare weknown asfeelthy Ethi-

opians," sneersan Ethiopianmercenary ashe sodomizes

Pharaoh,venomousastheKing's cobra.Ancient Egyp-

tianpapyrustalkallthetimeaboutthemfeelthy

Ethiopians.

So it started inAddis Ababalike theJersey Bounce,

butthesearemoderntimes, OneWorld. Nowthe cli-

macticbuboesswellupinShanghaiandEsmeraldas,

NewOrleansandHelsinki,SeattleandCapetown. But

the heartturns homeand thedisease showsa distinct

predilectionforNegroes,isin factthe whitehaired

boyofwhitesupremacists.ButtheMauMauvoodoo

men are said to be cooking up areal dillyof aVD for

thewhite folks.Not thatCaucasians areimmune: five

British sailors contracted thedisease inZanzibar. And

inDeadCoonCounty,Arkansas ("BlackestDirt, Whit-

est People in the U.S.A.-- Nigger, Don'tLet TheSun Set

OnYouHere")theCountyCoronercomedownwith

thebuboesforeandaft.Avigilantecommitteeof

neighborsapologeticallyburnedhimto deathin the

CourtHouseprivy whenhis interestingcondition came

to light. "Now,Clem, justthink ofyourself asa cow

with theaftosa." "Ora poltroonwith thefowl pest."

"Don't crowd too close, boys.His intestinesis subject

to explode in the fire."The diseasein shortarm hath

agimmickfor goingplaces unlikecertain unfortunate

viruseswhoarefatedtolanguishunconsummatein

the guts of a tick ora junglemosquito, orthe saliva

ofadyingjackal slobberingsilver underthe desert

moon.

And after an initial lesion at the pointof infee-

tion the disease passes to the lymph glands ofthe groin,

whichswellandburstinsuppuratingfissures, drain

fordays,months,years,a purulentstringy discharge

streakedwithbloodandputridlymph.Elephantiasis

of the genitals is a frequentcomplication, andcases of

gangrenehavebeenrecordedwheretheamputation

inmedio ofthe patientfrom thewaist downwas indi-

catedbuthardlyworthwhile.Womenusuallysuffer

secondaryinfectionoftheanus.Maleswhoresign

themselves upfor passiveintercourse toinfected part-

nerslikeweakandsoontobepurple-assed baboons,

may also nourish a little stranger. Initialproctitis and

theinevit4ble purulentdischarge --which maypass un-

noticed in theshuRe --is followedby strictureof the

rectumrequiring interventionof anapple coreror its

surgicalequivalent,lesttheunfortunatepatientbe

reducedtofartand shitin histeeth givingrise to

stubborncasesofhalitosisand unpopularitywith all

sexes,agesand conditionsof homosapiens. Infact a

blindbuggerwasdesertedbyhisseeingeyepolice

dog--copper atheart. Untilquite recentlythere was

nosatisfactorytreatment."Treatmentissymptomatic"

--whichmeansinthetradethereis none.Now many

casesyieldto intensivetherapy withaureomycin, ter-

ramycinandsomeofthenewermolds.Howevera

certainappreciablepercentageremainrefractoryas

mountaingorillas....So,boys,whenthosehot licks

playoveryourballsandprick anddart upyour ass

likeaninvisibleblueblow torchof orgones,in the

wordsofI.B.Watson, Think.Stop pantingand start

palpating...andifyoupalpateabubodrawyour-

self back in and say ina coldnasal whine:"You think

I am innarested to contactyour horribleold condition?

I am not innarested at all.")

RockandRoll adolescenthoodlums stormthe streets

ofallnations.Theyrush intothe Louvreand throw

acidinthe MonaLisa's face.They openzoos, insane

asylums,prisons,burst watermains withair hammers,

chop the floorout ofpassenger planelavatories, shoot

out lighthouses, file elevator cablesto onethin wire,

turnsewersintothewatersupply, throwsharks and

stingrays,electriceelsandcandiruinto swimming

pools(thecandiruisa smalleel-like fishor worm

aboutone-quarterinchthroughandtwoincheslong

patronizing certain rivers of illrepute inthe Greater

Amazon Basin,will dartup yourprick oryour asshole

orawoman'scuntfautedemieux, andhold himself

therebysharpspines withprecisely whatmotives is

not knownsince noone hasstepped forwardto observe

the candiru's life-cycle insito), innautical costumes

ramtheQueenMaryfull speedinto NewYork Harbor,

playchickenwithpassengerplanesandbusses, rush

into hospitals in white coats carrying saws andaxes and

scalpels three feetlong; throwparalytics outof iron

lungs(mimictheir suffocationsflopping abouton the

floor androlling theireyes up),administer injections

withbicycle pumps,disconnect artificialkidneys, saw

awomaninhalfwithatwo-mansurgicalsaw, they

drive herds of squealingpigs intothe Curb,they shit

onthe floorof theUnited Nationsand wipetheir ass

with treaties, pacts, alliances.

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