I was watching a PBS TV fundraiser program on classic country and western songs and the original artists that sang them. You know the kind of show I mean. The kind where the master of ceremonies says something like, "If you love this kind of programming, call 1-800-PBS-CASH and make a pledge."
Any way, as I was sitting there listening to the songs, it struck me that the songs tell a wonderful story in just their titles. Why not do a series of Literotica stories based on country and western song titles? Author Harddaysknight did something similar with Beatle songs.
So, here is the first CW (Country & Western) title based offering to you.
I walked wearily to the front door of the little apartment I rented. The door needed paint. Then so did the apartment. But it was all I could afford. Bracing the box of supplies between my left arm and the door jam, I unlocked the door with my right hand.
I carried my box of supplies into the small kitchen and dropped it on the counter. My supplies consisted of several cans of pork and beans, a package of hotdogs, some potato chips, and a very large bottle of Maker's Mark.
I threw the hotdogs in the refrigerator, threw some ice in a water glass, opened the bottle and poured three fingers over the ice. I walked around the counter and sat down in my lazy boy, which were one my few possessions from my former life.
I sighed, took a sip of the bourbon, reached over and flipped on my CD player (another former life possession). Willy Nelson's distinctive twang filled the room.
Hello walls,
How'd things go for you today?
Don't you miss her?
Since she up and walked away?
And I'll bet you dread to spend another lonely night with me,
But lonely walls, I'll keep you company.
I took a larger sip of the amber liquid and let out a sigh, "Yep, walls, I'll keep you company." I thought about the walls for a few seconds.
Walls! That was the name of the son of bitch that ruined my marriage. Aaron Walls, a slimy, lower than worm shit, attorney.
"He may be slime, but he is one smart bastard." I thought to myself. Taking another sip of the liqueur, I thought back as to how my life had crumbled to the miserable state I was now in.
I met Kate in my last year of post-graduate studies. She was completing her last semester of pre-law. The first time I saw her I thought I would never be able to breathe again. I was at my part time job the local coffee shop studying for my finals between serving customers.
I was standing behind the counter reviewing my last class notes, when in the door she came with two of her girlfriends. She was a slim blonde with the most beautiful sparkling blue eyes I had ever seen. She was almost the spitting image of an young Cameron Diaz. It was a warm spring day and she had on shorts and a halter-top. Her shape was perfect and her legs were slim and tan. My chest constricted when I saw this lovely vision of a young woman gliding toward me.
She gracefully slid into the seat at the counter just in front of me. Her two girlfriends flanked her at the counter and they were all laughing and giggling. Her two friends were talking at the same time and giggling about something that had apparently happened to somebody named Professor Clark.
I stood up and waited for them to acknowledge me waiting to take their order. As I waited, I got bits and pieces of the conversation. Apparently, this guy Clark was found naked in the Quad bound hand to foot with his pecker painted a bright yellow and a sign hung around his neck that simply said,
Wife Stealer
.
They two girls were saying things like, "He did have a nice dick." "I'll bet Susan just loved that trouser snake!"
The image of beauty that had got my eye (and heart) never smiled. She interrupted the other girls' discussion and said, "How can you laugh about this? There are at least three people who have had their lives turned upside down because of what Clark did. I feel so bad for the husband and little girl. They are innocent in this whole thing. The husband is now paying dearly for his wife's cheating. He is in pain and will probably lose his facility position for taking revenge on Professor Clark. The little girl will no longer have a mother living with her. And Clark has lost his position on the facility for fraternizing with the wife of an associate. So what is there to be laughing about?"
Her two friends became extremely sober for a moment and the girl to my heartthrob's right side said in a serious tone, "You're right, Kate. It is terrible. But get a sense of humor girl! What happened to Clark was damned funny! I never thought Professor Beal had it in him to take such drastic actions!" With that the two girls started laughing again.
"Okay, okay. Just take your comedic melodrama somewhere else. I have to study." With that Kate opened her textbook and started ignoring her two friends.
The two friends audibly sniffed and one girl said, "Alright, Miss Prissy, we will let you study. We're off to the Student Union to see if any more good dirt surfaced about the affair."
Seconds later, "Kate" was left alone at the counter. She finally glanced up and saw me standing there. She smiled and said, "I'd like a coffee with cream, please." My heart fluttered when she smiled. The whole diner glowed in a warm light from her radiant smile.
I got the coffee and sat it down. "What are you studying?" I asked just to try to make some conversation with this glorious woman.