BallOdes is a series of unrelated erotic poems, mainly about the male genitalia and the sexual satisfaction derived from the blatant exhibition of same. The title is a play on the words "ballads" and "odes", combining both as "BallOdes", or ballads to balls. These poems are dedicated to those who have them and those who love them: Long may they swing!
This story is a tribute to PacullaAnnia's brilliant parody story, "The Perfect Loving Wives Tale." To borrow PA's words verbatim, this story "...is in response to the true comments of certain critics, as well as being based on the high ratings certain stories get in the 'Loving Wives' category, but any resemblance to real people, alive or dead, is purely embarrassing to those people."
Jimmy Smart is dweeb who believes in honesty. He wants to be left alone because he is a solitary person. He is prevented from attaining this goal because keeps getting himself in the limelight.
The story revolves around four middle-aged men who have known each other since high school... What will these four main characters do in their respective destinies? The story begins with Tsai Wei-chia, one of the four main characters nicknamed "Canned" who attempts suicide by overdosing on pills in a motel.
A dystopian look into a future of neural links, legalized murder, mass shootings, rampages, hand machines, telemarketing, cults, apathy; in this new world, the greatest war is the War Against Boredom.