Today, Lena’s in school, her last day before graduation. We have plans for dinner and a movie this evening.“Date!” she says, laughing.“Friends...spending time with each other,” I countered, almost in self-defense. I was trying hard NOT to think of it that way. Age. Me at forty, Lena at eighteen. Personality. Me, set in my ways, Lena, bright, looking into the future. Okay, Jay, you’re just being helpful. It’s okay to like the girl.Really like the girl.But know you’re looking at ephemera, subject. “No thanks, I’ll handle it.” I brushed her hand away and dashed for the latrine.Someday I’m going to have to write a book: Zen and the Art of Elimination. I usually mediated when I took a dump. Hey, we’ve got to think of something when we do our business. I figured I might as well use the process of voiding to find enlightenment along with relief.The morning chill had left the potty seat so cold my balls wanted to climb back inside my body. I squirmed and tried to find a warm spot as shivers. Auntyin pundai suudaga irunthathu pinbu athil thaneer athigamaaga suranthu irunthathu naan enathu naakai pundai ootaikul vittu nuzhaithu sappinen. Aunty sugam thaangamal avargalin kaiyai enathu thali mudiyai pidithu kondaal aanal innum ezhunthukola villai. Naan athil vaayai vaithu urinthu sappi nakinen.Pinbu enathu periya sunniyai auntyin pundaiyil vaithu iraka aarmbithen, muthalil sorugum pozhuthu enathu sunni muzhuvathum ulle irangiyathu. Naan auntyin mulaiyil enathu vaayai vaithu sappikonde. Is she resisting him, or is she accepting the intrusion? Is she welcoming it? Does her devotion to Colin extend so far as to offer herself as a receptacle for his lust?I scold myself. I am thinking like a schoolgirl. They are probably having dinner in some inner room, or perhaps sitting in the dark listening to music. I do not know if he has a big penis or a small one. I am about to return inside when I notice two figures walking leisurely down the street, from the intersection with.