I smile a tiny smile, and slowly sink down to my knees. We are now nearly face to face, and we gaze deeply into each other’s eyes. I reach forward ...and I start to unbutton his shirt, top to bottom. As I reach his navel his shirt begins to open wide, exposing his upper body. I lean forward and softly kiss his chest. Lou removes his shirt, and I begin to undo his belt, slowly pulling it from his waist. He leans back so that I may undo his zipper, and slide his pants down his legs. The hair on his. "No longer do we need to face shortages of food, oil, medicine, or other necessary goods."The general spoke for over an hour stating that he would erase poverty throughout China and that China must take over the world and re-make it in her image. He talked about the superiority of the communist way of government and the new opportunities that were now present and waiting for the Chinese people to take hold of."No longer do we need to concern ourselves with the meddling of corrupt nations. They were all naked, with Coke and Shorty sound asleep in the chairs around the table. The negro girl lay flat on her back on the bed with her thighs wide apart and the imbecilic Stitch's head resting between her legs and against the mound of her pubic hair, sound asleep.The girl's eyes were still closed but she groaned now and then as though on the verge of coming awake. Susan's thoughts raced a mile a minute.This was her chance!And, it may be the last one she would get. She still didn't know. Whispered words of reverence came out of his mouth in the tongue of God which they no longer used, but kept handing it down as holy passages, from mouth to mouth, generation to generation.Though he could not understand what the words were saying, he could feel their perfection rippling through the air. Holy words spoken in the Land of God felt like a river mingling with the sea. It was as if a small trickle of divinity flowed through the essence of God made manifest; the air, earth and water.