EARLY MORNING BLOGS*

“But now, preposterously, the morning hard-on was gone. The things one has to put up with life. The morning hard-on – like a crowbar in your hand, like something growing out of an ogre. Does any other species wake up with a hard-on? Do whales? Do bats? Evolution’s daily reminder to male Homo sapiens in case, overnight, they forget why they’re here. If a woman didn’t know what it was, it might well scare her to death. Couldn’t piss in the bowl because of that thing. Had to force it downward with your hand – had to train it has you would a dog to the leash – so that the stream struck the water and not the upturned seat. When you sat to shit, there it was, loyally looking up at his master. There eagerly waiting while you brush your teeth – “what are we going to do today?” Nothing more faithfull in all of life than the lurid cravings of the morning hard-on. No deceit in it. No simulation. No insincerity. All hail to that driving force! Humam living with a capital L! It takes a lifetime to determine what matters, and by then it’s not there anymore. Well, one must learn to adapt. How is the problem.”

Philip Roth – “Sabbath’s theater"

*Copyright JPP