AFTER SEX
AFTER SEX Nobody tells you this: that you would feel the opposite of euphoria after ejaculation. Nobody tells you that that mad rush of desire that had spurred you to hold unto her waist like your life depended on it as you repeated the thrusting movement of your own waist would diminish into obliteration the second your back arch instinctively and your legs shake like a miniature volcano. You come down from on top her body and lie on your back to catch your breath, beads of sweat darting all about your face. You keep staring at the white asbestos ceiling high above you, breathing heavily… deliberately, because you do not know exactly what to say. You don’t feel like holding her anymore, or calling her ‘baby’. You would have been prepared for this feeling if someone - your brother or one of your friends - had told you to expect it. They knew you were going to have sex for the first time. It was their duty to give you a heads-up. You are inexperienced after all. You con...