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- ...presents... Ruth
- by Obscure Images
-
- >>> a cDc publication.......1991 <<<
- -cDc- CULT OF THE DEAD COW -cDc-
- ______________________________________________________________________________
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- I met Ruth in April of 1989, before I graduated from high school. I was
- attracted to her from the first moment I saw her. For three months after I met
- her, I rarely saw her, thinking of her only as Seth's girlfriend. After those
- three months, circumstance stepped into the game and I fell in love with her.
- It was only four months later that our relationship officially ended.
- Officially ended, but unofficially I don't think that it ever will.
-
- I fell in love with her several days before we both moved to school. A
- friend of mine was having a party for those of us who were leaving for school.
- The party was very wild, and people were having a good time. Eventually, the
- party worked its way into my friend Brad's bedroom where everyone was messing
- around on his waterbed. The party drifted away from the bedroom after about 45
- minutes, leaving me behind floating on the bed thinking. I was laying there
- for about five minutes when Ruth walked into the bedroom, pausing for a moment
- in the shadows on the other side of the room before approaching me. She was
- far from the typical standard of perfect female beauty, but she seemed radiant
- to me nonetheless. She was a short woman, with wide hips, or as she liked to
- say, "child-bearing hips." She was also slightly overweight, but it worked to
- her advantage because it made her seem more voluptuous. Her skin was very
- pale, white as ivory, a tone that even the sun could not destroy. Her face was
- oval shaped, with full red lips, and green eyes that were slightly crooked.
- Her eyes made her look more exotic and mysterious, as well as causing her to
- seem sad all the time. The finishing touch was her long flowing black hair.
- She walked across the room and laid down on the bed beside me, where we spent
- the rest of the party cuddling. It was the first time in my life that I had
- felt anything other than indifference toward anyone. It was also the first
- time that I ever fell in love.
-
- A full-fledged love didn't appear between us for several weeks after the
- night of the party. It was only when I began to talk to her and respect her
- that I fell completely in love. In the weeks that followed, we found that we
- needed each other. We were both alone at school, homesick and depressed,
- without anything to do. The attachment to each other grew very strong between
- us, even though she was still dating Seth. In the midst of unending
- depression, I was happier than I had ever been in my life.
-
- Ruth was the only person that was keeping me away from insanity. When we
- talked it meant something. When we went out together we always had a good
- time. I felt that my life was beginning to have some meaning, and as long as I
- had her I would always be happy. Unfortunately, it wasn't long into our
- relationship that she began to self-destruct. That was when it all began to
- die.
-
- I fell to the ground, stinking drunk and feeling sick. I was retching
- into a gutter outside a friend's house. It was a horrible night so far, and it
- kept getting worse as it went along. When I stopped heaving, I looked up to
- see Ruth, bathed by the moonlight, crying.
-
- "Oh Paulie, I feel so bad, I wish I would die right now! I can't take
- this any more!"
-
- I couldn't reply, I was too drunk to say anything coherent. I did manage,
- however, to stand up and hold her until she stopped crying. We managed to walk
- to my dorm room and get into bed before we both passed out.
-
- The next day after classes were over, we met again in the lobby. I was
- sitting in the lounge smoking a cigarette when she came in. Although she was
- looking as beautiful as ever; I could tell there was something wrong. She
- looked upset and I could tell that there was something bothering her. Later in
- the day I would find out that I was right, and it would turn out to be the
- worst day of my life.
-
- "Paul, we need to talk."
- "Ok, have a seat."
- "No, I mean that we have to talk in private."
-
- As we walked silently to my room I felt very heavy, as if I knew that
- something bad was going to happen to me. By the time we reached my room, I
- understood what was going to occur.
-
- "I've been thinking a lot about what we are doing, and it is wrong. I
- think that I should be faithful to Seth."
-
- "What do you mean?"
-
- "I mean we have to stop all of this, no more kissing or holding hands or
- any of it."
-
- I couldn't say anything in return, so I sat down and turned my face away
- from her so she couldn't see the tears that were welling up in my eyes. She
- walked in front of me, knowing what I was feeling. When I looked at her, she
- was shaking.
-
- "I still love you, but this just can't go on, I feel so horrible about
- betraying Seth."
-
- "I don't give a shit about Seth, I love you."
-
- "I know you love me, and I love you too, this is just something that I
- have to do."
-
- By now I was crying, and once again I felt so alone. Instinctively I
- stood up and moved to her, clutching her against me. She was crying.
-
- I felt her take another breath and say, "Could I ask you something?"
-
- "Anything."
-
- "When I need you, do you think that I could still give you a kiss?"
-
- "Any time you want to."
-
- She hugged me tighter and quickly said, "I've got to go." She let go of
- me and left me alone to think about it.
-
- The next few months were a living hell. The pain would not stop, I really
- didn't think that it would ever end. We avoided each other to reduce the pain,
- yet I was always there when she needed me. I was there when she was too drunk
- to walk home. I was there when she wanted to kill herself. I was there
- whenever she had a fight with Seth. Every time she needed me; I was there. I
- took her pain and added it to my own. Eventually, the pain got unbearable and
- I resorted to other ways of getting rid of it. I took to cutting myself with
- an X-Acto knife and then pouring cologne on the wound to make the physical pain
- blinding, to drown out the memory of our love. I wrote letters to her in my
- own blood; I would do anything to temporarily get rid of the pain. Eventually,
- the agony was dulled to an aching throb. We became friends again, although our
- friendship always hurt, haunted by our love. Even now, several years later,
- the pain still remains. When we touch all the joy and all the pain come back
- as intensely as before. Ruth was my first and only love, and only now do I
- realize the consequence of falling in love. Love isn't an emotion, it's a
- disease.
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