‘An orgasm’. That’s what Daniel wrote in the book. Because of shyness, laziness, or some other more obscure reason, Daniel did not dwell upon it too much.

            Thousands of people will read that book, that story, that page, those words. ‘An orgasm’. And in each mind‑body that orgasm will acquire very different characteristics and proportions. Experience, fantasy, desire, mood and other factors will influence the imagination of the readers. Their sex, time of the day, place of the reading, (temporal) distance from their last (or their next) orgasm will also play a role.

            Some people will maybe imagine it with accessories. That means in a room, a beach, a ship. Other fantasies might be mostly based on sensations rather than on concrete elements. Some orgasms will be very positive, vivid, enjoyed. Some will be more treacherous, neglected.

            Some readers perhaps have to imagine the unknown. Some might refuse to recreate the wellknown.

            Daniel wrote ‘an orgasm’. Only one. And he engendered, however, thousands. Without two alike. Even the same reader, in two different occasions, might recreate two different orgasms.

This story appears in Still…life, Mosaic Press, Canada. Copyright David Mibashan.