Love Stinks
by Eccentric Outsider Artist, John DAgostino,
a.k.a. The John Dog

I'm a romantic guy, a lover, not a fighter. I would never claim to be a gentleman, although I am a gentle man. I've loved many women in my life, but most of the time they've just fucked me. Hey, not to be rude but I gotta call it as I see it.

I can't say that I have ever met a gentle woman. Outward appearances are terribly deceiving. There is not a mother in the world who is gentle.
"Kiss My . . . cause I Got 4 Tits" John Dog, 2005

Mother Fucking Theresa was a kind and compassion woman, but I'm sure she didn't accomplish what she accomplished by being gentle. What moves women inside so, that they can be so strong, even vicious at times?

My heart is filled with love. I am a generous person. I feed stray kittens. I make people laugh. Dogs sense my goodness, sit by me and wag their tails. I am an easy mark. I'll give someone the shirt off my back. I'll buy 'em a beer and listen to their hard luck stories.  Give em 8 or 9 inches and they want the whole 9 yards. A woman, a woman wants everything, wants your soul. Is there a devil inside of them who stirs this greed? Thank you I'll keep my soul.  It's not for sale or trade. It cannot be bought or bartered for for any amount of sucking or fucking.

Scientists have mapped all the genes in the DNA strands. I am not sure if they have found the gene that makes women so aggressive – that extra large fear gene. Remove that gene and maybe women will learn to truly love. We've all heard it before - Women are nest builders, protectors of little babies, ensuring the survival of our species, the most dangerous animal in the world is a lioness protecting her cubs. No doubt they truly love their babies, but do they truly love their men.

At times I've fallen and I've fallen hard. Sometimes a man will kick you when you're down, but a woman will do it every time. You fall in love and watch out for the punches. The "if you love me" slaps to the face, the "if you want to make me happy" kicks to the groin, the "scowls", and the "dirty looks".

And why the attack? What did I do wrong? Well, damn it you stupid idiot, didn't you know that when you fall in love with a woman and she "proclaims" to love you back that you must give her your soul. You must spend every waking moment thinking of only her and what you can do to please her. There is NO MORE you. There is US and US means I.

It is "I" because "I" woman have won. "I" have made you fall in love with me. "You" have given me your heart. Fooled by lust when you thought it was love. "You" have lost, "I" have no respect for losers "I" hold you in contempt, now you are just a little part of me, part of my nest. You are a twig. Your soul is now mine.

How can one love someone for whom they have no respect. When a woman battles for a man's heart there is no love involved. It is all fear. Although you are just a twig you are a necessary part of the nest. (for the moment). A woman fears not having her twig when she needs it.. She will feint love to get it and hold it. She's afraid but she knows how to handle it. She will play with a man's little head until his big head can reason no more.

It all starts with that damn fear gene. Is there any hope for a man and a woman to grow, to love and respect each other, when the passion has gone. Hate is not the opposite of love - fear is. Hate is a secondary emotion that arises when people realize what their relationship has become; a relationship that began in fear. A woman begins to hate her fear, hate her twig for being so weak, hate herself for doing what she "had" to do. The man hates the woman for what she has done and himself for what he has let happen.

Is there a solution? It's not an easy task. Not one that many people are up to as the rate of divorce, substance abuse, murder, and suicide attest to. Ponder this: The nature of empathic love, the love of life. Later try to imagine love without fear. Be brave, love works.