Smithereens Press Chapbooks 'Zero at the Bone' by David Wheatley

MCALLISTER But not exactly joy. You think he goes too far out of his way to understand, to sympathise with the man? MCDONALD Better undeceived than what, deadened by rape-lust? MCALLISTER ‘... stumbling up the breathless stair To burst into fulfilment’s desolate attic.’ Forgive me a bout of empathy fatigue. I mean, suppose the guy wasn’t deceived at all, thinking to himself as he left: just the ticket, just what the doctor ordered, a nice bit of rape! MCDONALD The calculating monster versus the brainless thug. MCALLISTER And you’re which one? MCDONALD I beg your pardon! MCALLISTER Would it be so much harder though, I wonder, hot-headed, cold-blooded brutes, just to give the whole rape thing a miss? MCDONALD But every woman, you know, adores a fascist... 14

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