Mr. Bonobo Bliss
a.k.a. "Bo"
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…“Let me put this bluntly – none of these women are married. So far as our files go, none of them has a serious relationship with anyone. The age range is 26-25-25-23-24-and Shirley Desk, the oldest at 30. They’re in the prime of life. Frankly I don’t feel it’s fair to ask them to sacrifice their sex lives for …” Dan Shephardt leaned toward Dr. Evans aggressively, his eyes bugged out. “These people knew, going in, that they’d be required to make sacrifices. That’s what it means to become an astronaut.” “Astranauette, Dan, astranauette, they made a deal with us to have that distinction made, to differentiate them from the male side.” Shephardt pursed his lips, expressing how pissed he was. “! ! So, they’re ‘astranauettes.’ Fine. But I want to get back to the point you just made, Mike. You just said that the files show that none of these six women has a ‘significant other,’ a serious relationship with anyone. Correct?” “That’s what the files show.” Dan Shephardt punched his right fist into the open palm of his left hand. “So, how is NAPA going to explain away the presence of sexual activity during their mission? What about the moral issue?” “There won’t be any need to explain anything, Dan,” the Director spoke softly, “because if we make the decision in their favor, no one will know anything about it. The moral issue? Moral issues are never permanent.” The quartet stared at the Director. His voice raised a half-decibel. “If we decide in their favor, we have many more practical considerations to make, other than moral considerations. Are you with me, gentlemen?” The quartet nodded yes, with various degrees of feeling. Shephardt and Ogawa were more than slightly anti. Franklin and Evans definitely pro. “As the Director of NAPA it will be my call, my responsibility to give these astranauettes what they’re requesting. I think you four have given me a pretty good idea of what I have to be concerned about, what I have to think about. I have a hard thinking weekend ahead of me. Thank you for your input, we’ll reassemble here at 9:00 a.m. Monday morning.” The NAPA Council members filed out, each of them focused on what they would have to bring to the table for their next meeting.
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Mr. Bonobo Bliss” is a humanoid designed by the Dr. Maxwell Waters Group to accompany six female astronauts on a long duration mission. “B.O’s” presence must be kept a secret because of the sociopolitical climate of the time. Unfortunately, for the “astranauettes,” the secret is leaked and their mission is scrubbed. They return to Earth with serious cases of post-traumatic romantic-stress disorders. “Mr. Bonobo Bliss” escapes to the Amazon forest and Dr. Maxwell Waters and her husband, the former head of the National Association Protection of Astronauts, are forced into “exile.” They re-surface as the pioneers of the Antigua Space Program (“ASP”), the brainchild of the Antiguan Minister of Tourism, who wants to boost the tourism trade. Footnote: "Bonobo" - The Bonobo monkeys, sometimes called “the love monkeys”, they use romantic/physical/sexual means to resolve their primate problems. They are the only known species of monkeys to have sex face to face.
About the Author
Odie Hawkins was a member of the Watts Writer’s workshop that spawned the Watts Prophets, a collection of spoken-word artists, considered the forebears of modern hip-hop.He is the co-author of the novel “Lady Bliss,” and the author of “The Snake, Mr. Bonobo Bliss, and Shackles Across Time. 2011 he was a panelist at the Modern Language Assoc. at the Hilton, LA Live. Additional information may be found on Facebook page, his website:www.odiehawkins.com., his blog, and/or just Google his name.