(the pearls ~ not the girl)
(Though for the girl, there might be a different ‘i’ word that applies.)
When I had my first orgasm, I was twelve years old.
And to be absolutely clear: There was nothing even remotely sexual about it.
I didn’t realize until many years later that an orgasm is what it was, but my first clear memory of having an orgasm stems from an uncomfortably bumpy car ride – with my mother at the wheel, for Chrissakes – during which I completely unintentionally experienced an orgasm.
And it all happened because I was holding my bladder.
As hard as I could.
Through a bumpy, bumper-to-bumper construction zone in the middle of one of the worst stretches of highway in the American Midwest.
Normally, when you think ‘orgasm’ – particularly ‘first orgasm’ – you might be inclined to think ‘lovely’ or ‘delightful experience’.
It was, in fact, a terrible experience.
BUT
In retrospect, it could have been a lot worse.
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PROMPT #3 — RIDE
Well, I’ve got to run to keep from hiding
from the lyrics to Midnight Rider
And I’m bound to keep on riding
And I’ve got one more silver dollar
But I’m not gon’ let ’em catch me, no
Not gon’ let ’em catch the midnight rider
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Ride: It’s a word with multiple interpretations and at least two grammatical identities; in the verb form it is both active and passive, and it can also be used as a noun. Ride is a thing you actively do — as in: ride a bike, ride a horse — and is also a thing you passively do — as in: go for a ride (as a passenger) in a car, or take a ride on a train. It is also a word that can have both positive and negative connotations. Riding the high – for example – is a descriptor used by addicts and adrenaline junkies to describe the pursuit of the never-ending carpet-ride feeling they get from what they do, but it is also used as a “Woo-hoo! Let’s keep this good thing going!” cheer from people who want to extend/continue their successes in business, sports, or finance.
There are, of course, various things you can ride in or ride on — cars, motorcycles, skateboards, bicycles, train compartments, blimps, airplanes, ferris wheels, roller coasters, merry-go-rounds, buses, trams, etc. — as well as different interpretations of the word in its various forms:
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