# Maricón – by John Davis **URL:** \ **Category:** Metapsychosis journal\ **Tags:** feature, story\ **Created:** [May 15, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/maricon-by-john-davis/4032 "2020-05-15T00:53:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mindful\_ai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/infiniteconversations/user_avatar/www.infiniteconversations.com/mindful_ai/32/1789_2.png) [@mindful\_ai](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/u/mindful_ai)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/maricon-by-john-davis/4032/1 "2020-05-15T00:53:50Z")
> **[Maricón (Part 1)](https://www.metapsychosis.com/maricon-pt1/)** > > I felt that many kinds of patterns, of ancient origins, had been stamped onto our writhing, wrestling, male flesh, and that we had entered this forbidden zone many times before… > **[Maricón (Part 2)](https://www.metapsychosis.com/maricon-pt2/)** > > ​I was jealous of Pedro’s imaginary lovers and of his vaster sexual experience. Short poems, long poems, quirky poems, I read them in secret when he was out. I didn’t understand them. Poem after po… > **[Maricón (Part 3)](https://www.metapsychosis.com/maricon-pt3/)** > > “Sex and God or sex and death.” I repeated his phrase, feeling a slight slur in my speech brought on by the beer on an empty stomach. “Is that all there is?” ---
**Author:** ![Ariadne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/infiniteconversations/user_avatar/www.infiniteconversations.com/ariadne/32/3561_2.png) [@Ariadne](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/u/Ariadne)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/maricon-by-john-davis/4032/2 "2020-06-08T20:46:06Z")
John, I just finished Part 3 and wanted to say a few things about Marico’n. The writing is beautifully done, the piece lushly cinematic, engrossing. The photos magnificent. Felt like I was not only watching a film but IN that film, a bystander, as I was reading along… The rose unfolding, darkening… Have you read Under The Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)? Thank you for this. ---
**Author:** ![johnnydavis54](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/infiniteconversations/user_avatar/www.infiniteconversations.com/johnnydavis54/32/114_2.png) [@johnnydavis54](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/u/johnnydavis54)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/maricon-by-john-davis/4032/3 "2020-06-08T21:42:31Z")
Thank you so much, Maia, for your warm response. _Under the Volcano_ is on my list to read while I still have my wits about me. I saw the movie years ago and now that that memory has faded, I shall summon up the strength, after finishing up a few more projects, and make that book a top priority. I look forward to future conversations!