Rainbow Rooms Incorporated
To be honest,
the white room
seemed larger
than the average
gallery ..
Quite remarkably
white in fact ..
Indeed,
it contrasted
sharply
with the grey
and the
magnificently
boring
world outside ..
From where any
individual
might seek refuge
if they were
so inclined ..
Cold marble
and bleached oak
skirting
seemed to create
an illusion of both
space and purity ..
On this
occasion though,
a young man
and a woman,
both wet
and windswept
each sought shelter
independently
of each another
and the extreme
weather outside
the white room ..
No sooner had they
entered though,
they were
bathed in light
from each direction ..
Yet both ignored
the pulsing crystal,
set in a clasp of
some rare metal ..
And gazed instead
directly
at the white wall,
just off centre ..
He admiring
and she,
more curiously
regarding
the blood red stain
upon the white wall
of the white room ..
Despite
this particular
observation ..
Each was also
conscious of the other,
of the steam
that rose
from raincoats,
plus the tiny pools
of water,
that collected
on the mirrors
and the fact
that they were
strangers ..
Seemingly alone
together
in the white room ..
A fraction later,
without any
obvious movement,
or emotion
and unaccustomed
as they were
to feeling
comfortable ..
The couple were
compelled,
to change their
positions
in the white room ..
The young women
knelt,
then drew both her
knees together ..
Resting buttocks
upon
her heels just like
our Lady of the Alter ..
Then raised her eyes
in order
to accommodate
the young man,
who stood before her
arching backwards ..
His hands both clutching
breast and shoulders
beneath the lapels
of her raincoat
and eventually
collapsing
across the back
and the shoulders
of the kneeling woman ..
Then rising slowing
and still shaking
the young man
gazed down
at the now reclining
woman
and noticed how
her black skirt
had somehow parted
along the line
of some
invisible seam ..
Of how
the whites of thighs
were calling
and how they did
contrast
with the black sheen
of silk stocking top ..
And of course,
the white floor
of the white room ..
The young man
then proceeded
to further part
the torn black skirt ..
While the woman
probed and fingered
her secret garden ..
Moments later
the young man
grasped
the woman’s
frantic hand
and held it fast ..
And for the first time
their eyes met fully
as she pleaded
and he resisted,
both her wanting
and his temptation
to plunge himself
into her hunger ..
The couple then
were naked,
having discarded
all damp clothing,
in favour of more
intimate embrace ..
The woman gasped
and took
the young man
in both hands
to please both herself
and the stranger
within
the cool whiteness
of the white room ..
Then there was
no more teasing,
no cautious penetration ..
Fuck me echoed
round the white room
and the young man
obeyed precisely,
meeting the first
of her contractions
with an aftertaste
of watered honey ..
Sometime later,
a small explosion
shook the white room
and the young couple
both exhausted,
removed themselves
from one another ..
Then after allowing
a moment
to rest and regain
their composure ..
The young couple
hastily gathered
all their clothing
and dressed in silence ..
Though each was
tempted to ask
for an address
or telephone number ..
Both resisted
and then,
without further
glance or contact,
the strangers
made their way
toward the exit ..
Pausing only
to remove their
credit cards
from the slot beneath
the sleeping crystal,
in the centre
of the white room
Outside it was
still raining and so
the young woman
hopped on a bus
and wondered why
she had never
taken advantage
of the white room before ..
Elsewhere,
a young man lifted
his collar,
sucked hard upon
a cigarette and smiled ..
Knowing
there was still
a full half hour before
Rainbow Rooms Incorporated
was scheduled to close
for the weekend ..