Atara loved the sun and laying on the beach in a deckchair in her bikini and sunglasses
I preferred the shade a cool beer and reading a book
she came in the hotel room tanned and cooked
I sat on the chair by the open window white and cool
you're like a snow man she said sitting all white open necked shirt white trousers why don't you come out to the beach and get some sun get those arms and features brown?
prefer my whiteness and being cool and a good cold beer I said
she stood by the shower door and pouted her lip why come all the way out here to sit in the shade and read a **** book?
I like sight seeing not sun worshipping I like museums and art galleries not seeing other peopleβs sweating bodies
you are such a bore she said
you didn't say that night
she looked at me wrinkled up her nose that was different she said
you didn't mind my white body then I said
I couldn't see it in the dark
and I couldn't see your tan either
what's wrong with the beach though? she said
too hot and smells of sun oil and stinking flesh I said
they have men on the beach with big brown bodies and muscles she said
they also have dames who look over cooked and big busted I said
Iβm going for a shower she said
don't wash off the tan I said
why don't you shower with me? she said
I prefer to shower alone
don't you want my body any more? she said sexily
not in the shower
you are so square she said walking off for a shower so fecking SQUARE she yelled and slammed the door
a cool breeze came through the window I sipped my beer and turned another page of the book I could hear the shower going but didn't go and look.