PRISON

by
Paul Kavanagh

Having his penis in her mouth elucidated to her that the penis had more then one function. The penis was hard. She could almost feel it throbbing, the blood pumping through the protruding veins. Her mouth was filled with salty spit. She tried not to scrap her teeth along the penis, but now and again she could not help making contact. When this happened he emitted a soft groan. She adroitly rolled back his foreskin with her lips and teased the end of the penis with her tongue. He suddenly became precarious upon his legs, for a second she thought he was about to topple. When he would lick her vagina she to would almost topple. It was through the sensations that undulated through her body for the glans of the penis is homologous to the clitoral glans, the corpora cavernosa are homologous to the body of the clitoris, the corpus spongiosum is homologous to the vestibular bulbs beneath the labia minora, the scrotum is homologous to the labia minora and labia majora, and the foreskin homologous to the clitoral hood.

Two men crouched and could not be seen while the rest stood before the bars. Slowly the gate opened and in went the first officer. He swung his truncheon and connected with the head of an inmate. The truncheon almost lifted off his pate. Blood spouted out of the wound. The two men that had been crouching leapt up and attacked the officer. He did not see them coming. Before the other officers could enter the block the two men had beaten the officer into a coma. Stepping over the bloody body the other officers entered the block swinging their truncheons. The inmates stormed the oncoming offices kicking and punching. On of the inmates picked up the truncheon that had fallen and met the onrush head on. It was a bloody melee. There was no escape from the imbroglio. For a few seconds the inmates found themselves forcing the officers back through the gate. The feeling that the block was theirs and they were not only defending, but also repelling an invasion impelled them on; it exacerbated their anger, which led them to commit acts of violence towards the officers that were beyond comprehension.

K. E. Moyer in his brilliant book �The Psychology of Aggression� presented an early, and highly influential, classification of seven different forms of aggression, from a biological and evolutionary point of view.

1. Predatory aggression: attack on prey by a predator.

Even those inmates that would normally have fled through acumen saw that there was no escape from the officers that were seen has predators and so they stood their ground steadfastly.

2. Inter-male aggression: competition between males of the same species over access to females, dominance, status etc.

For some of the inmates the violence had nothing to do with conditions of the prison but status, in every prison there is a hierarchy which is formed through acts of aggression, though most of it nothing more than pavonine.

3. Fear-induced aggression: aggression associated with attempts to flee from a threat.

Within that wave of feet and fists there was a plethora of thoughts concerning the ramifications of this action, though any manifestation of pusillanimity would have been unthinkable. As long as they were on the attack there would be no ramifications, we the belief.

4. Territorial aggression: defence of a fixed space against intruders, typically conspecifics.

Again the block belonged to the inmates and the officers were the invaders.

5. Irritable aggression: aggression directed towards an available target induced by some sort of frustration (e.g. schedule-induced aggression).

For the inmates the only tangible opposition was the officers.

6. Maternal aggression: a female's aggression to protect her offspring from a threat. Paternal aggression also exists.

Inmates that once saw each other as competition suddenly found themselves protecting each other.

7.Instrumental aggression: aggression directed towards obtaining some goal, maybe a learned response to a situation.

For some the riot was a result of ennui, for others it was an inevitable trajectory. The goal for others would be a spotlight upon the Draconian conditions of the prison.

The inmates forced the officers through the gate, some danced with elation, others screamed and cussed and craved more violence. For some violence is a drug. The rush is analogous to a fix of speed or heroin, etc. For some violence tops coition, or any other form of sexual gratification. Some looked down upon the fallen officer and derided with much euphoria from the schadenfreude. There was much risibility concerning the almost dead officer. Seeing this apparent joy, this braggadocio, the feeling of defeat coerced the officers to storm the gate once again. Their desire could not be militated; the officers fought tenaciously and found themselves potentates of the situation. Suddenly the band of brothers dissipated and all that was left for the officers to do was clean up the caput mortuum. What was once a concentrated ruck around the gate became of mass of incidents. The officers perpetrated a superfluity of violence, some only stopped through fatigue; those that were indefatigable committed unimaginable acts of violence. The symbiotic relationship between the officers and the inmates is a strange one. After the blood has coagulated and flaked away they will go back to the give and take that forms their equilibrium.

How was work?

A normal day at the mill.

Anything happen?

Bill had to be rushed to the hospital.

Ablation had left her empty. The lacuna inside her was an unconjecturable space, though she knew it was filled with a reverberating sadness. They had removed her fallopian tubes, her ovaries and her uterus. She was till sore. They said it was because of cancer. She had heard of teratoma. It is a tumor that is made up of teeth, nails, and hair. When he licked her he made sure to caress the clitoral hood, the clitoris, the outer and inner labia, the opening of the urethra. Sometimes he penetrated her anus with his lubricated thumb. He couldn�t enter her. It was too painful so she took him in the mouth. He had said it was psychosomatic. Psychosomatic symptoms show that a human body can create physical symptoms that compensate for relationship deficiencies. (For example, hypnosis-induced allergic reactions indicate that a person's immune response can dramatically change during an intense mind-body relationship). He held her tightly and came in her mouth. She gagged upon his come. To clear her mouth she had to swallow. The feeling that he was inside her distressed her. She felt the cancer spreading. She tried to speak but she couldn�t, it was as though she had experienced a traumatic aphasia.

She turned onto her side readying herself for sleep. She puffed up her pillow and brought her legs up. Now she was in the fetal position. She started to drift into that warm nebula. Ever since the abortion he had experienced short bursts of violence. At the prison the inmates feared him. During the riot he was the one that led the re-entry, he seemed to carry the other officers through his ebullience. Many of the inmates filed complaints about how he continued to hit them as they were being carried out of the block. It was his hot reeking breath that told her he was not sleeping. She felt his hands upon her stomach, the hands roughly travelled up to her breasts. He pulled violently upon her nipples. Suddenly the wind was knocked out of her. She gasped for air for her head was being forced down into the pillow. She bit onto the pillow and submitted and then the guilt overwhelmed her. Any individual who is exposed to violent subjugation of will begin to suffer inner conflict over guilt associated with helplessness.

You love it, he screamed at her. The pressure of his body upon her installed the fear of suffocation. His clammy reek brought on claustrophobia. Anal penetration carries some risks which vaginal intercourse, oral sex and outercourse do not. The rectum and colon are not self-lubricating like the vagina and colorectal tissue is more delicate, meaning friction or insertion damage may happen more easily. The colorectal passage curves are neither strongly muscled nor padded, so physical injury may also happen more easily. Colorectal function includes absorption of fluid into the blood stream, providing an efficient entry point for STIs and an easy barrier to cross through even small tears in the intestinal lining. You love it, he screamed as he shot into her anal passage.

Some inmates will practice sodomy but still state that they are not homosexual. Some will allow themselves to be penetrated for favours, protection, for a cigarette. Sodomy is extremely widespread in many prisons. An empty they will call it. Others will form homosexual relationships. There will be the petting, the holding of hands, the sharing of secrets and desires. In these insular worlds love will percolate. The corollary of love is ineluctably jealousy, and with jealousy comes violence, it is because of this trajectory that the powers that be endeavour to mitigate all bonds. It has been known that some inmates will engage in felching, where the top sucks out the semen he has deposited in the anus of the bottom as a result of bareback anal intercourse. This practice carries similar health risks to rimming. This involves contact between the anus or perianal areas of one person and the mouth of another.

He blamed her, he couldn�t blame himself. His male pride would not allow it. And so she capitulated and allowed the blame to fall upon her shoulders. The nails in her hands and feet smarted but not as much as being crucified before the world.

� Paul Kavanagh
Reproduced with permission

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