Tina, my wife of twenty-two years had done some good for our fellow man. We had been promised a demonstration of the "real" African dances, the ones they NEVER show the tourists. Tina and I had had a wonderful day. We had installed three deep water pumps, bringing three villages their first fresh, clean water. We were both gleaming with white pride and magnanimity as we waited for the entertainment to begin.
Suddenly a dancer appeared before us. He was tall and heavy and well built, muscles bulging. His hard maleness, barely concealed by a ragged breechclout, was ridiculously outsized like a policeman's truncheon. He was quickly accompanied by others, also adequately equipped, that danced Tina out of the clearing and into the silent darkness around us. "Oh God, Oh my god. . . her voice trailed off as she disappeared into the blackness. I love you, Jack," her words faded; all was silent. Black. Except for the blazing fire.
Out of nowhere, 'the woman on fire' appeared, body undulating as some great snake, black as sin and gleaming with sweat and oil, the firelight dancing from her skin in shades of crimson and gold. Amid the flame and smoke, the dark curled masses of hair on her head and at her underarms and crotch seemed to absorb the light, like black holes of passion. Her pendulous breasts writhed and flowed, cocoa nipples taut. Twisting and turning to the primitive cacophony of the drums, she gave her body fully to the watchers, pausing in front of each; each male felt destined to possess her as his own; each felt the dance was for him alone.
A wave of carnal lust swept over me. I was at once achingly, helplessly, hopelessly engorged. A dank primal odor of sweat and female arousal assaulted me. She paused before me, danced for me, for me, only for me. My head reeled, my mouth went dry. I stumbled to my feet, ripped and tore at buttons and zippers. I nearly fell discarding shoes and stupid socks.
I joined her pagan dance then, my body pale and ghostly pink in the flickering firelight. For a time our bodies touched not at all, the space between us a no-man's-land of desire. The dance went on. And on. And on. Every other man disappeared, she was mine alone, or rather, I was hers. The dance went on. And on. And on. My thoughts turned to my wife, Tina, wondering briefly if she were watching. Or if some thoroughly adequate African was giving her the obverse of what I was receiving: well, I guess I hoped. But for which?