Untimely #5 - Joy's Grape

Well son, you see joy is like - it's like you have this grape, yeah? You take a grape, maybe like a nice fat grape so purple it's almost black. You take it and you put it on your tongue and you push it up against the back of your front teeth right up by the roof of your mouth feeling the chalky skin bitter against the tip of your tongue even though they say it's the bitter you taste way back down almost down your throat that's how far back it is. And you press and maybe at first it gives a little bit, the grape, because it's juicy and liquid inside and moveable, but then you press some more and it gets taut and really it's quite difficult now to press anymore. And so you keep on pushing with your tongue and but now it's awkward because it's hard to get a good angle with enough leverage to like really push on it and so you open your lips a little bit and are breathing sort of haggard through your teeth but you don't want to part your teeth because then maybe the grape will come flying out like a cannonball what with all the pressure your tongue's exerting on it and all. And so you strain a little bit and kind of squint your eyes and clench your fists and you feel it in your stomach even and it's a little bit sickening but then so you give it a final push and you are just starting to worry like maybe you're going to do a big fart or worse and but then it gives way and the flesh ruptures the skin and your mouth fills with sweet sticky juices and translucent chewy flesh and it runs all down your tongue and down your throat. And so you see, son, that's joy's grape.