"Dolores and Serena steal some meat!"
NOVEL EXCERPT: Pages 210 - 213
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Coming out of the Bedford Avenue subway stop, we both felt a lot better.
Or relieved, at least.
I suggested picking up a few quick groceries at some corner bodega, but she reminded me we were low on ends, still waiting to get paid from that LA bastard.
“That fucking asshole,” I griped. “Couldn’t he forward us more cheddar?”
“Dolores, we’ll have to wait. That’s all there is to it. Besides, I’m sure Baby has vegetarian stuff at the loft.”
“Vegetarian?” I said, frowning. “Pfft. What I wouldn’t give for a big, bloody slab of meat!”
“Pour some ketchup on tofu,” she suggested.
“Tofu.” I rolled my eyes. “Talk about a poor substitute. It might as well be plastic.”
“That’s all we got, D.”
“Not if I boost a fucking steak!”
“What?”
“You heard me, Missy!”
“Dolores, aren’t we in enough trouble?”
“I’m fuckin’ HON-gry, dammit!”
“No steak, tonight. I just wanna get to Baby’s apartment!”
“Plenty of time for that,” I said. “Check out that shop.” I pointed to a mini-supermarket. “Bet I could lift a sirloin without anyone noticing. All you have to do is fall to the ground like you’re having an epileptic fit.”
“What?”
“You’ve seen Drugstore Cowboy, right? All we need is a little misdirection.”
“All we need is to go straight to Baby’s loft,” she insisted.
“Ah, c’mon,” I said. “I’d even settle for hamburger.”
“Dolores, please.”
“You just distract the manager—or whoever might be working nearby.”
“They have cameras! Even little shops like this one!”
“Yeah, so? You think they’re just watching them 24/7, like they got nothing better to do? Mostly they’re just for show.”
“Dolores, I can’t believe you want to fucking do this.”
“Do me this one little token, honey. And I won’t ask for anything else. I swear.”
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There was nothing to it.
Hardly.
Serena went in first to check that the aisle was clear; then I strolled in like I didn’t have a care in the world, lifted up my oversized T-shirt like I was making an adjustment and stuffed a 2.5 pound sirloin straight into my panties where it strained the elastic and felt so cold I almost screamed.
But it was worth it!
Meat, yo! Gotta have it!
When I glanced back at Serena, she gave me a little nod, which meant I assumed that the coast was clear. So I strolled out, just as easily as I strolled in.
Back out on the street, I waited for Serena, who seemed to be taking her sweet-assed time.
What the fuck? I thought, when I realized I’d have to go back in. Suddenly, there was a commotion back in the aisle where I left her. It was Serena, in the middle of a wrestling match with a short bald-headed guy, and right away I saw it was like a tug-of-war over something she had tried to boost herself.
A bottle of A.1.! That bitch, I thought. Steak sauce! She did it for me!
“Get the fuck off her!” I snarled, grabbing the manager or whoever he was in a headlock, at which point my stolen meat popped into view.
“Another thief!” he gagged.
“Fuck ya!” I cried, yanking out the sirloin and swatting him with it. “Fuck,” (swat!) “fuck” (swat!) “ya!” (swat!) Down he went, more stunned than anything. And he stayed down, raising his wobbly hands in surrender.
Next I raised the package of meat like I might bring it down over the head of a stockboy nearby. But he too raised his hands, giving up immediately: “They don’t pay me enough! Don’t hit me!”
I growled, “Then stand the fuck back!”
He stumbled back, finally tripping over a half-stacked pyramid of Del Monte canned vegetables.
“You!” I yelled at Serena. “Pick up that A.1., pronto!”
No one was between us and the door but a few dazed customers, all of them seniors. Out we tore, pushing past them, then past confused pedestrians on the street.
“Just keep running!” I hollered at Serena, and started cackling, like I was high on crack. “Meat! Meat! Meat!…”
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I need to emphasize that PERMANENT OBSCURITY is not "erotica," although it has BDSM overtones (leaning toward so-called "femdom"). It's really a dark comedy about bohemia and the difficulty of relationships (female/male and female/female) and finally the big question for anyone in the arts (or in the tabloid media): sudden fame vs. permanent anonymity. The style of the novel is inspired by '60s over-the-top sexploition films like those of Russ Meyer (FASTER PUSSYCAT KILL KILL, BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS) and those Something Weird Videos, like A SWEET SICKNESS and BAD GIRLS GO TO HELL [so-called “cautionary tales”]) -- updated to the Bush era (circa 2006).
PERMANENT OBSCURITY: Or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography and Death by Dolores Santana (as told to Richard Perez)
Written in the 3 parts:
PERMANENT OBSCURITY: PART 1 - THE KINKY HOOK
Whereupon we are introduced to Dolores and Serena and their kinky shenanigans.
PERMANENT OBSCURITY: PART 2 - STRANGE HUNGERS
Whereupon Dolores and Serena grapple with relationship/sexuality issues, life-threatening drug dealers, irreversible money woes. Culminating in a desperate attempt at making a so-called "femdom" film.
PERMANENT OBSCURITY: PART 3 - NO MAN'S LAND
Whereupon Dolores and Serena find themselves in a place not expected. Namely, hell.
PERMANENT OBSCURITY: Or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography and Death by Dolores Santana (as told to Richard Perez)
¤*.¸¸.·´¨`°*» PERMANENT OBSCURITY: the title and where it came from --> http://permanentobscurity.com/perm-obsc-origins-title.htm
¤*.¸¸.·´¨`°*» The subversive power of sexploitation:
pre-porn era sexploitation and its influence --
http://permanentobscurity.com/perm-obsc-sexploitation-1.htm
¤*.¸¸.·´¨`°*» BAD GIRL CINEMA (and its influence on the novel):
http://permanentobscurity.com/perm-obsc-origins-badgirls.htm
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~: About the Author:
Initially published small literary magazines, Richard Perez has also written for The New York Times (a newspaper he doesn't read.) His first novel, The Losers' Club (aka: The Losers' Club: Complete Restored Edition) has three foreign translations to date: Korean, Turkish, Italian. PERMANENT OBSCURITY: or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography, and Death — his second novel — also reflects his infatuation with bohemia and willful nonconformists.
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