The wall against my cheek is cold. My cheekbone against the wall is hard. The skin between the wall and my cheekbone sticks and slides rhythmically; I feel the needed separation from myself. Skin sticking to wall, skull sliding beneath, friction a non-issue. Just cold, hard, up and down pulling on my face. Like my cheek against the wall, my knees, my elbows, and the tops of my feet are sliding and gripping against the floor, synced with the penetrating forces behind me. I'm dissociating, but I can still count the rhythmic thrusts that deepen my relationship to these hardened surfaces.
17, 18, 19, 20...
I notice the size of my body. Not exactly small, but not exactly able to successfully resist the concerted interest of the five men grabbing and manipulating my body. There was an attempt early on to resist. My polite backing away, my well-mannered utterances of "oh, no, no thank you, I ought to be going now", my averted gaze and limbs held close to my sides -- all unfortunate gestures of feminine compliance to avoid conflict -- were received as cheery provocation. There was a line that was crossed when I dropped the girlish charade and started hitting back.
21, 22, 23, 24...
It feels good to hit back. To feel my bony knuckles make contact with a fleshy gut or chest or leg or neck. To yank an arm back that was twisted viciously behind me. To bite the hand that stupidly thought it could open my lips. But to hear cajoling laughter sour into rage when my heel met a lip and drew blood... this did not feel good. The wave of apologetic consolation (feminine compliance or actual good will?) was cut off before I could find it. It is defeating to experience my full-out fighting energies snapped like nothing more than a twig.
25, 26, 27...
I've been flipped over. No more hard surfaces defining my bony architecture. A body beneath me, more above me, some to my side. They call it "airtight". I'm wondering when I'll be able to have a bath and wash off the spit that's pooling along my collarbones. Cocks and bodies continue to switch places, I notice the blurry choreography while I try to find comfort by sneaking an elbow out of a vice grip to prop myself up. Maybe if my holes are made more available the chafing friction of brutish hands can let up?
Spread lips, spread lips, small grunts of negotiation. Hair pulled, hips pulled, toes kissed. Kissed? Strange.
Flipped again. Thankful that the spit and my tears can be aided by gravity. Eyes stinging. Close them. I'm swimming in the ocean. I can smell the salt and feel the warmth of the sun. The unsympathetic rocking of my body parts is caused by cross currents. I'm not being raped, no, this is just my small meeting with the magnificence of the waves. It's just me here.