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TYE\· DUCKS 
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THERE WERE so M~NY scR;ps LEFT OVE R IN PAPER BAG S FROM LUNCHES !N HER ROOM--CU RRAN T BUN S AS HARD AS CEMEN T AND OLD ORY S LICES OF BOLOGNA-THAT, ~RMED WITH T HEM, SHE WENT ONE DAY TO T HE PARK TO FEED THE B IRDS. 
ALMOS T AS SOON AS SHE HAD A~R IVED AT THE LAK E THE DUCKS, WHICH HAO BEEN SW I MM IN G QU IETLY OR OCCA S I ONA LLY STANDING . ON THEIR HEAD S IN THE WATER, SAW HE~ ANO MADE FO~ THE SHORE . THEIR SMOOTHLY, BEAUTIFULLY ELLIPTIC~L BODIES--BROWN, G~EEN AND GREY~ BURNT SIENNA AND BLACK AND WHITE--WE~E MAGNIFICENTLY TA ILORED WITH A STRANGE NEAT LITTLE FEATHER T UCKED UNDE R E1'.\CH WI ,\JG , LI KE THE CO PN [ R. OF /\ POCKET H,\N DKERCHI EF EMEf~G1 NG FROM A B R E,; S T P OC K ET • T HE Y C U\ :.1 S E :'.. ED ONTO T HE G RA G S , T HE I R. . HEA DS COCKED, THEI R liv1P[!1 TINENT BE1\0Y EYES WAITING, WATCHING. THElf~ BE,'\ !<S /\U~E.t\OY OPEi\J Ff(AiVJEO A TER:-( IBLE VACANC Y, MUCH MORE -THEN THE SMALL A:'.EA OF SPACE ITSELF ~ND WHILE S HE FUMBLED WITH THE BAG AND LAUGHED AT THE WADD LING MOVEMENTS, THEY WE ~E ALRE~OY PE CK ING THE HEM OF HER SKIRT, THE T OE OF HE R SHOE. 
CIRCLING OVERHEAD AND APPnOACHING BY WATEr , THE GULLS SWOOPED ANO S CR EA MC D • '1VH I T E /\ ND B I S CU I T CO LOU ~ ED , F I E ~ CE t, T C LO S E S I G HT , T HEY FOUGHT THE DUCKS AND PUSHED THEM AS I DE. 
SHE UNDID THE PAPE~ BAG, GF<OKE THE HA RD BUNG AND TOSSED THE PIECES TO T HE GR OUN D . THE GR EEN HEADS USUALLY C~UGHT THEM BE FO RE THEY LANDED . CLU :vi S Y I N HE n E X C I T E :\~ E, ..J T O V E ~ T HE W;\I~ .Vi L I FE A aOU T HE r-1 S HE T : I ED T 0 TH~OW THE FOOD TO THE PLAIN BROWN BIRDS WHO WEnE SHYER AND TO ONE IN P/\ f,T I CUL'\:-! WHICH H: D ,\ LU i.1P ON I TS JAW. 3UT S UDC> ENLY HE R p I TY FOR TH I 8 B I RD D ISSOLVED. IT STRUCK HER, WATCHING IT SWA LLOW, THAT EVE ~ YONE, PITYIN G IT, WOULD MAKE ~N EXTR~ EFFORT TO FEED IT, THAT IT WAS PROBAB LY GROGS LY OVERFE D . TH,\ T T HE WHOLE FLOCK SUFFE :-! EO BECAU SE OF IT ANO TH1\T T HE ON LY F '\ I n T H I NG TO D O W.·, S TO I G N O ~ E I T 8 D E F O ,: M I T Y .~ ND T nEA T I T EQUAL LY WITH THF. OTHERS . f3uT THE ACTION W,\S so 1\G,\ INST HE R N,'\TU~\AL INCL I N1\ TI ONS TH1-_ T IT SET UP A C01\JFL I CT. SHE FELT PE i( Hi\ PS S HE OUGHT TO THINK M8nE ABOUT IT, BUT THE PUSHING AND QUACKING AROUND HER GAVE HER NO TI ME . ~ND SHE BECAME 80 ENG-OSSEO IN HE~ ~TTEMPTS TOWARD AN EVEN DIST ~ IBUTION AMONG THE DUCKS AND IN HE~ OCCASION~L F~ELINGS OF QEPENT~NC~ ABOU T THE GUL_LS WHOM SHE RA TH E Fl NEGLECTED THAT S HE Dl□N 1T EVEN NOTICE THE BOY UNT IL HE SPOKE AT HEn ELSOW. 
llNOBODY NEV CFt FEEDS THE :Vi DUCl<S, 11 HE st... Io. 11 THEY COULD ST AP VE TO DEATH ANO NOtJODY 1□ FEED 1EM. 11 
THE OY w~s ABO UT NINE. HE HAD HIS HAIR CU T IN A F R INGE ANO HIS EYES, NOT UNLIKE f, DUCK 1s , WERE VE''Y FA INTLY cr<OSSED. HE LOOKED UP AT ·HER WITH TH E St'ME I NSOLENCE ,\8 T i-lE Br Ros . 
11 00 YOU CO!\·IE HC: E OFTEN ?11 SHE AS KED• 
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GEEN A ;:-;o uND HE·: £ SIX YEARS. WATCH THEM DUCKS DAY ANO NIGHT WATCH 11
THEM• EvEr-YONE l S AGAINST THEM DUC!<S , HE SA ID• "THEM ONES WI TH THE Gr:EEN HEA DS A~E TAiv1E DUCl<S, THEM GROWN ONES ARE WI LO, THEM OTHER ONES WITH THE L I T T L E 8 HO~< T iJ LUE iJ EA K S I S JA PA NE S E OU CK S AND T HAT ON E T HE RE II HE SA I D 
J , PO I NT I NG TO 1'.\ N EV I D ENT LY QU I T E D I F FE;: ENT SP EC I ES , 11 T H /\ T ON E T HE fl E I S A D ADY J,~P,~NESE DUCK• 11 
SHE WAS FASCINATED □Y THE 80Y 1s ASSURANCE ANO WHAT SEEMED TO HEn AN INTENSE INDI FFE GENCE, ALL HIS CA fZ EFULLY CA G ELESS GESTU ~ E S , THE EVEN AUTHO ~ ITATIVE T ONE OF HIS VOICE. LISTENING SHE FORGOT THE FEE D ING UNTIL THE SCRE~MS OF THE GULLS DECAME SO LOUD SHE COULON 1T HEA~. SHE TOSSED A PI ECE OF BOLOGN~ ANO THE G I RD THAT CAUGHT IT MA DE OFF WITH IT I N A FRENZY. 0 THE ~S SENS I NG IT HAO S OMETHING SPECIAL GA VE CHASE. THEIR ~OO IE S CO LLIDED AN D f3 0UNCED APi'.\R T LIK E ;;u =1~--E :--: . THE OWNEr-< OF THE MEAT, IN FEt1 1< OF HAVING 
IT S TOLEN, SWALLOW ED IT WHOLE ; IT WEDGED I N IT S TH nOA T SO IT COULDN 1 T CLOSE IT S GE"A K. IT t?.AN ,'\SOUT W ILDLY, ,\ LMO ST SUFF~CAT I NG , EMITTING,\ THIN MUFFLED QUACK /\NO ST ~A IN ING ITS NECK. 
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0 :J ,\ N D H/\ V E /\ D r-I N K T O G E T I T DOWN , S H E SA I D L:\ U G H I N G • 
11 HE 1 LL HAVE,..\ 01~ 1 1'\Jl<, 11 S,\ I O THE GOY. 11 You SEE. THEM DUCKS Ar~EN 1 T OUM□ • 
No S I ,~ , Bur EVF.~YONE 1 s /\G;,INGT THE1v1 nucl<S. THEY H/\VE TO ~E SM,\....,T . 11 1\ NO ,), S T H E GOY F-' i-ED I CT ED , T HE O UC K I N Q U E' ST I ON ST I L L QU ,\ CK I NG T HR OU G H O O LOGNA MA D E FOR T HE WA T E ~ A N D O f: A N K • IT S u I L L C LOS ED ,\ GA I N • 
11 VJH f.\T 1s T HE i\11\ TTE :-:: WITH THI S ONE 1s JAw? 11 SHE ASKED . 
11 CHEE K , 11 HE CO .-:-fl EC T ED • ti T HA T T HE'' E DU CK GOT :_: I T E3 Y A D O G • T ELL YOU , EVE 11 YONE 1 s ;'\GA INST T HElv'I D UCKS, EVEN DOGS . AND PEOPLE COME HE :-E W ITH SL ING 
SHOTS,  TOO,  TO  SHOOT  THEM .  l  GOT  FIFTY  DOLLA~S  OFF . OF  A  M~N  ONE  N IGHT.  
CAUGHT  HIM  S HO OTI NG  AND  T OOK  HIM  TO  THE  POLICE.  THE  PO LICE  GAVC  ME  FIFTY  
CENTS.  F IFTY  CENT -S  P" OPEV~ ~ Y ONE  r-· t ND .  You  SE[.  TH/\ T  THE i~ E  DUCK?  HE  GOT  
H I T  l.'J I T H  A  G L ! NG  S HOT • 11  

11 2u T Y OU G1\ I D A D OG ::, I T H I M • 11 
11 MAY:JE HE DID . 0 1vo u EXPECT ME TO :.JE ADLE TO TELL T HEM ALL APART? SOME A~E SH0 T j S OME t.,r·: E E3 IT• 11 
THE :JOY IS SHI i\Y BL ACK EYES LOOi<ED /\T HER WI TH I\ D I ST I.\NT CONTEMPT• SHE HAN D E O H I M /\ :3 U N ~-;--; 0 M HE f; '3 AG , 3 U T 1\ LT HQ U G H THE 8 I I; D S '.:'3 U ST LED A ND C r, I ED FOR F OOD HE PA I O NO ~TTEN TION ANO WEN T ON WITH HIS CONVERSAT I ON . 
11 [ VEN THE GULLS ,.'.\TTt1Cf< THEi\-1 DUCKS , 11 HE s,-\ ID . 11 THEY DON l T EVEN f<NOW WHAT THEY1RE ATTACKING THE~ FOR. THEY STEAL THEIR EGGS ~ND FLY DOWN AND 
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OITE THEI~ NECKS, HE SAID. HE ~ ~GAN SUDDENL Y TO G~T AGITAT FD, M~DE SMA LL MOV C~EN T S W I TH H I S FEET, HUNCHED HIS SHOULDE ~S UP AND DOWN A8 TH OUGH TO WORI< SOME OF THE EXCITE,,1ENT OUT OF HIM t3EFORE HE SPOKE. 11/\ D THE\ E1S 
11 11 TI NY. 11
LOTS OF TINY, TINY, LITTLE SWO,,OF!SH IN THEM WATE"<S, ,HE SJ.\ID. HE M/\ DE G E CT U :-: E S W I T H T HE 8 U N A N D H I S FR E E H;:,., ND • ti/\N D T HE Y I V E GOT L I T T LE TINY SWO~DS ON THEM ~NO T HEY GQ S T RA I GHT F an THEM DUCKS AND S TfCK THEI R S WOR DS I N . oPEA ,...: THEM, 11 HE S,C\ ID , r,RIGHT TH~OUGH. 11 
HE F< B /\ G Wt\ G El',1 PT Y NOW BU T T HE B I ~ D S ST I L L C L ,; 1 , 0 U R ED RO UN D HE r: • 11 GO ON , FE ED T H CM Y OU r~ B U N , 11 S HE S ,\ I D • T H E E3 0 Y LO OKE D A T I T A G I F Hr 1 D S E E N I T FO~ THE FIRST TIME AND THEN WITH COM PLET E DISINTE~EST T R IED TO UREAK IT, FOUN D IT TOO HARO ANO THREW IT AS IF IT WAS A BAS EBALL OUT INTO THE LAKE, NOT EVEN WATCHING TO SEE T HE FLASHING WHITE FLIGHT OF TH E GULLS WHO SWOOPEJ UOWN 1 FOUNO IT TOO BIG TO CA ~~Y, □EA T A30UT IN TH EW: TEn, SP L."\8 HEU WITH THEIR L,\ilGE WING S ,\NO scr~E,\i'v1EO WITH /\NNOY :\ NCE /\NO F:l UST R1-\ TI ON . 
VE r~ Y P RO U D , T HE r10 Y D i'< EW H I MS E L F U P • ti I F ,; DO G WA G T O COME HE R E , 11 HE S ,'\ I D , 11 T HEM OU CK S WO U L D N I T EV EN MOY E • II 
~ E fv1 C 1\18 En I N G T HE P •·~ E Y I OU S CON V E ~ SA T I O N SHE SA I D , 11 THA T T 8 P ~ ET T Y 2 T UP I D OF THEM, II 
11 8TUPI L) ttt HE W,'l..S WONDE~FULL Y SCOnNFUL. 11 8TUPID! 0 1 vou KNOW WHA T WOULD HAPPEN IF T HEM DOGS T ~ IE O ANYTHING ? THEM DUCKS WOULD PECK THEI R EYES RI GHT OUT. AND IF THEY WAS UP IN A T REE THEY TD FLY R IGHT DOWN AND ~ !TE THEI R 8/\CKS, 00GS KNOW, THEiVl DUCKS A i=\E N I T S TUPI D • 11 
11 I 8 T I C K 1\ ~ 0 UN D HE 1<E , L L T HE T I ME , 11 T HE 3 0 Y C ONT I NU E O • 11 I KN OW EV E <Y T H I N G T H ,'\ T G 8 r::: 8 0 N • TH Erv1 DU C I< S W I T H T HE G R E EN HCA D S A R E T 1-\ ME , T HEM 8 RO WN ONES A~E WILD AND THEY1RE ALL STARVI NG TO DEATH. EvE~YONE1s AGAINST THEM DU CI< S • 11 
T HE G I ~ L B E G /.\ N T O MO V E OF F • fJ.. FT ER 8 HE HA D GO N E ,':\ L I T T LE WA Y S HE CA L LED GOOOOYE OVE~ HER SHOULDER . THE BOY GEEl ~G HER Dl ~ECTI ON SA ID, 11 IF vou 1nE G O I N G U P T O T H / T C, \ G E T HE n E I S ,.\ E3 I RO THE i< E T Hi:\ T W H I ST L E S J I NG LE 8E L LS • TAKE A LOOK AT HIM. HE 1G A HUMMING 8 I RD OUT HE DON 1T HUM. HE 1D ATTACK THEM DUCKS TOO IF T Hf.:~Y LET HI 1vi OU T• 11 
CURIOUS THE Gl nL WALKED TO THE CAGE , SITTI NG ON A GAR WAS A SCARLET AND G~EEN PAR~OT THAT LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE G~OUCHO MARX. SOMEWHERE, AT THE 3ACK OF HEP HEAD, WA~ AN IDEA SHE W~NTEO TO WO~K OUT, 3UT HOWEVE~ MUCH SHE DUG FOR IT, ATTEMPTED TO F ~ EE IT, ALL SHE COUL D THINK ABOUT WAS THE BOY. 


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IN LOVE, THEY wo -:,r.:: THEMSELVES IN 1\ G~EEN E,v18f~ACE • .A. S I L K EN r: /\ I N FE L L T HR OU G H T HE S P R I NG UPO f T HEM • IN THE PA~K SHE FED THE SWANS AND HE WHITTLED NER VOUSLY WITH HIS STRANGE HANDS. AND WHITE WAS MIXED WITH ALL THEIR COLouns ~S IF THEY DREW IT FROM THE FLOWE~ING TREE S .  
AT NIGHT HIS TWO-FINGE ~ WHISTLE BRO UGHT HER DOWN THE WATE~FALL STAIRS TO HIS SHY SMILE WHICH, LIKE AN EDDY, TU RNED HER ROUND ANO ROUND LA Z I LY 1\ ND S LOWLY G O HE r, W I LL WAS NOWHERE-AG IN DREAMS THINGS ARE AND A~ENTT.  
W\LKING ALONG THE AVENUES IN THE DARK STREET LAM PS SANG LIKE SOPRANOS IN THEIR HEADS WITH A VIOLENCE THEY NEVER UNDERSTOOD AND ALL THEIR MOVEMENTS WHEN THEY WERE TOGETHE R HAO NO CONCLUSION.  
ONLY LEANING INTO THE QUESTION HAD THEY MO TION: AFTE r THEY PAFlTE □, WE RE SAV~GE AND SWIFT AS GULLSJ ASK ING AND ASK ING THE HOSTILE EMPTINESS THEY WE~E AG S HA RP AS PARTLY SCULPTURED STONE AND ALL WHO W~TCHED, FO~GETTING, WE~E AMAZED TO SEE THEM FO M ;'.\NO F,\DE . EF0 ,1 E THE I ~ EVEG.  
A~RIAL  SUF~VEY  
J AME s  \Vr~E Fo RD  
THI S HILL OUK H08IZON ANO YET HIGH HOPE, LIMIT AT ONCE AND FIND, T AGS DOWN TO EARTH THE KITE OF SKY THR OWS UP THE GLIDER OF THE MIND,  
PLUMB LINE, 0~ YET EXPLOSIVE, THI S HILL SHALL IN IT S TU 8N RETIRE, EVE~ THE IRON OF IT IS POW~RLESS TO MOULD THE NEW DES l ~ E  
WHICH SEES IT NOW PROPO~TIONEO BY PEAKS THAT ON FAR AND PALE PEAKS FADE WITHIN A WORLD MAPPED FROM THE EYE OF AE~OPLANE, NOT A LIDA DE .  


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CH I LOREN 
(FoR P. f< . P.) 
PATRICK ,\NOERSON 
THESE TO WHOM EVE~YTHING HAPPENS 8 UT HISTORY CONTINU AL LY WASH WITH CO LD WATER OF THEI R EYES THE WORLD, S ELECTING ITS PE BG LES AND GLASS, WHICH LIE LINDE ~ THE M GEST. 
FoRwAnOEO TO THE FUTU nE AC~OSS THIS TIME THOUGH THEY 8 E LOST OR SPOILED GEFORE THEY EVER REACH THAT DESTINATION, THEY STILL P ARCE L SECRETS AND ANGUL~R LIKE PRESENTS CAU GHT IN MID-TRANSIT THEY SCATTER CHRISTMAS AND TINSEL GETWEEN OU~ HANDS. 
PL~YING LOW DOWN, CLOSE TO THE FL001"{ 1 GENEATH OUS ,'.\TTENTION _, ROAMING BY WAINSCOTES, SNOWED ON DY THEIR GAME_, THEY SETTLE ON DAYS AND HOURS FO ~ WHICH NO ONE HAG PUT I N A WORD AND OUILD IN GAPS AND S ILENCES CAUGHTS ANO TH RO WNS. 
AT NIGHT, PUT TO SLEEP, THEY FILL THE HOUSE 
WITH THE SOUND OF THEI ~ EYELASHES. IF THEY RISE UP SCREAMING IT IS A FULL-DRESS NIGHTMA RE. THEY 1 D NEVE~ WAKE 0 N ,\ CC OU N T O F THE D E 1}, U T I FU L D ,~ EA1V1 S T HEY D O N OT N E ED • 
AN □ 60 ON OTHE ~ LEVELS TO OUR CULT T HEY MA f< E OU f-< LOVE SEEi./1 ST E E P /'.\ND DU LL Y W I SE , CONTINUALLY IGNORE THEI A COLOURED VIL LAG E AND ~LOW THEI~ WHISTLES ALMOST IN CONTEMPT OF OUR ~ ETU~NING EYES. 
WATE R PJEM I 
DENIS GIBLIN 
CHi: NT I NG THE WORDS OF FANT:\SY HE WAi'-JDE,~ED AT THE CUSHIONED WALK OF A PALE LAKE A LAKE WITHOUT SURFACE WATE R OF CONDEN S ED LIGHT. 
Ht [3 WORDS WANDE:\ED AS HIS FEET AS THE UNCONSCIOUS MOTION OF THE WATER. HE STOOD IN NO WORLD AND TIME WAS TRANQUIL AND UNAIMED HE WAS SUSPENDED WITH THE WATE R AND THE DEEP-SURFACED GRASS 
IN HIS WEIGHTLESS wonLO OF LI GHT, WITHOUT COLOUR TIME THE CHANGELESS CIRCLE. HE LAUGHED AT THE FANTASY OF HIS FLOATING FEELING. 
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MI ;'/iE OF p ERCJNS L_uo I CRJUSLY Ui\J,\'.V,'\RE OF JNE \NOTHER 
PROLOGUE TO A MASQUE OF THE CITY 
DENIS G1cLtN 
PICKEC ANO CHOSEN FROM THE SPECTnUM COMMUNITY, THE SHELVES OF MAN THE FIRST OF THE RANK TO REP l ESENT THE SEGMENT PUT ON THE SLOPING WHITE EXAMINATION TA ~LE WITH THE 3LACK STICKS FOR TREES IN THE I ., DL I ND SI< I I NG THEY D::JN IT KNOW TH/\T WE ARE ADD I NG THEM UP TO THE HUGE TOTAL. 
IN THEI~ SKIING THEY CRYST/\LLIZE r\ TYPE TOO EASILY THE FLOU ~ I $Hf NG POSTURED S HOWM1~N THE Q r\N GE ROUS 11 wo L F II THE QUIET WHITE-FACED OPFICE wonKER, UNPRETENTIOUS IN GROWN LEATHER THE SH ~ ILL GIRLS, FULL HAMS FUZZY IN G REEN OR MARO ON WOOL G~ISLY MOUSTACHED 30S8ES FAlnLY GOOD, WITH FLOUNDERING DOG •. 
0H  WHY  DO  THEY  WEAR  ST~EAMING  SASHES  
~NO  TASSELS  THOSE  HOPELESS  ONES.  CAN 1 T  THEY  UNDE~STANO  
THAT  ONE  IS  A  1v1USCLE  NA. ,, ROW  ON  AN  AXIS  
A  PEAR-LIKE  MOOE nN  SCULPTURE.  Our  THEY  GAZE  AT  THEIR  SKIS  TO  SAY  
IN  ANXIOUS  WONOE ;-;  11 THEY  MOVE 11  ,  C1 UT  MOVE  IN  RIGIC'  JERKS  
ANO  THEI  ~  LEGS  ~ ~ E  LIKE  A  PILE  OF  GLOCKS  CARRIED  AJA ~  
AND  YOU  WATCH  FO ~  THE  INEVITA 3 LE  FATALISTIC  F~LL.  THE  SUDDEN  UNF ~ EEZING  
AND  ITS  SLOSHING  COLLAPSE .  

THE NO I SELES S T :1 UMP ET 8 0 F THE MI ND PRO CL,(), IM THE CONTESTANTS FOR FAVOU ~ ITE OF THE ADVENTU~OUS ELIZA 3 ETHAN COU ~T You CAN TELL THEM EVEN AS THEY WALK 
□ EFO~E THEY PULL SILVE n SATIN Mus~LES MOVING IN THIN OIL CROUCH AS PANTHER ANO AFTEn THE QUICK-SEATED ENIGMA OF A MOMENT THRUST LIKE A SPEAn EVENLY □ nlVEN . 
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ONE EVENING CAROLINE SAYS THAT A BOY IS COMING TO DINNER AND WILL GO WITH us TO THE PARTY AFTERWARD. I TAKE IN THAT HE IS A eov, ONE OF CAROLINE'S 
OLD  HIGH  SCHOOL  CROWD,  SUPPOSE,  AND  THAT  HE  IS  NERVOUS  (sHE  TELLS  ME  THAT),  
AND  RATHER  LESSIMMEDIATELY  THAT  HE  IS  BACK  WOUNDED  FROM  THE  PACIFIC,  I  SEEM  TO  
BE  EXPECTING  A  NERVOUS  BOY,  MAYBE  WITH  A  STAMMER  AND  GLASSES,  WHO  WILL  COME  TO  
DINNER  AND  GO  ON  WITH  US  AFTERWARDS  TO  THE  PARTY.  I  AM  A  BIT  DIM  ABOUT  THE  DIN 

NER PART . HAVE TO BE REMINDED THAT HE IS COMING TO DINNER. WHEN I HEAR IT AG1; IN, I AM GU\O, GLAD . FOR IT MEr'\NS COMPANY; HE WI LL BE INTERESTED• 
SKULK IN THE BREAKFAST NOOK WHEN HIS STEPS SOUND ON THE PORCH . Our HE DOES NOT WAIT, HE IS IN THE DOOnWA Y, THE ROOM , HE IS EVERYWHERE. I AM SHAKING Hi s HAN □• HE 1s CALLING THE RATHER FIERCE MR .Dreiband 11 PoP 11 ! 11 WELL, GEE, l'M GL,\O TO SEE YOU, POP . S1\W YOU IN CHURCH, POP, GUT I JI.JST COULON IT GET OVER T~ 8/\Y HELLO. JU S T C0ULDN 1 T Mf\KE IT. Yow 1 s THE GOOD OLD CHURCH COMING ALONG? GuEss ~FTEn THE WAR I1 LL HAVE TO GET IN THER~ AND PITCH . WHY, MRs . Dreitand , 
How 1s Mns . Dreibanl &otn~ THESE DAYS? Our ON SAIPAN I OFTEN SAID ro MYSELF I w1sH I wAs BACK IN □ E J\R OLD Lorr.istown EATING ONE OF MRs . Dfl,iJbaM's DEELlc1ous ,:>fES. 11 His ,\RM IS ROUND CAROLINE 1s W/~IST, HE IS SLAPPl_~HEn FATHER ON HIS INVIOLATE BAC K AND MR . 0. IS FLUSHED 3 UT GRINNING . THEN, AS THE FAMILY STA7TS TO LAY THE TA GLE, HE AND I A~E ALONE IN THE F~ONT ROOM. 
HE SITS OOWI MT THE Pl,-d-JO , 81:~U,v1MING A TUNE. SiT DOWN TOO AND STA~E AT THE CH~ISTMAS T n EE ANb WONDE R WHAT ON EA ~TH TO SAY. FOLD MY HANDS IN ~ ~ONT OF ME . THE TUNE GOES ON AND I WONDER HOW I CAN SIT BACK AND SAY NOTHING, BUT DO. HE IGNORES ME COMPLETELY. I HADN 1 T EXPECTED THIS KIND OF NERVOUSNESS, THIS ALMOST INSULTING EASE AND FAMILIARITY WITH A FAMILY HE CAN SCARCELY HAVE KNOWN, EVEN BEFO n E THE WAR . I DO NOT REA LISE YET THAT HE IS ALSO SLIGHTLY DRUNK. Bur I AM ACUTELY AWARE OF HIS SLICK GOOD LOOKS, THE BAD-COMPLEXIONED CAJOLING KID 1 S FACE WITH ITS CONFIDENT AND REST LESS CHARM, AND I AM HUqT BY HIS BEING SO WINNING AND MASTERFUL WHE~E I AM TONGUE-TIED AND RESEr,VE U . HE REEKS OF THE WAR. Nor OF THE POLITICAL WAn OR EVEN THE STRATEGICAL WAR our, ANO THIS 18 WHAT IS FRIGHTENING, OF WA~ ITSELF--OF THE Klos' AND AMATEURS 1 WAR WHICH 18 ITS OWN TOTALITY AND , HAVING NO PROGRESS ION OR MEANING, HAS SIMPLY SEIZED HIM AND CHANGED HIM ANO DnlVEN HIM TO PENICILLIN THREE TIMES A WEEK AND o:1INK AND nELIGION WHENEVER HE CAN GET IT. HE IS THE PRODUCT OF STARK EXPE R IENCE, THE VICTIM OF cnUDE S TATISTIC1~L OBJECTIVITY . THE NEU i"",OTIC CONFLICT BETWEEN HIS PF<IDE I N T HE M,'-1 ~ I N E 8 AND T HE CON F I RM AT I ON O F H I S M1\ NHOOD W H I CH THE WA R HAS CROU G HT ON THE ONE HAND, AND HIS EXPE~IENCES OF DEATH AND TE R~OR ON THE OTHER, HAS GIVEN HIM HIS OBSESSION ~NO HIS Q~E AKNECK SENTIMENTAL MANNE~ WHICH RESULTS IN A FETISHISM TOWA RDS EVERYTHING CONNECTED WITH HIS HOME-TOWN. THE TURKEY IS 11 THE GRANDEST OLD TURKEY YOU EVE ·~ SAW 11 , THE GRANDFATHER CLOCK IN THE FF10NT PARLOR 11 THE CUTEST DARNED OLD CLOCK IN THE WHOLE OF iv]ORRISTOWN 11 • 
HE TALKS INCESSANTLY THROUGHOUT DINNER ANO I FEEL PROGRESSIVELY MOGE ISOLATED, CIVILI AN, SILENT AND BRITISH . WHEN I DO AT LAST MAKE A REMARK, INDICATING PU~POGELY SOMETHING OF MY CANADIAN dACKGROUND , HE ANSWERS ME WITH A 11 1 GUESS YOU 8,R ITI SH Ai;E CHA,\!SING A LOT NOW THAT WE ,\MEr-lC,-\ 1S AnE COfvllNG ovE ·~. 11 HE MENTIONS TH AT HE ONCE WON A PR IZE FOR A DESCRIPTIVE ALLEGORY. I PRICK UP MY EARS. YES, HE HAS AN AMBITION TO BE A WRITER--AS WELL AS A PREACHcn, OF WHICH WE HEAR A GOOD DEA L. Bur WHEN I T n Y TO TAKE HIM UP ON THIS, HE IS OFF AGAIN ON HIS REMINISCENCES AND ~R . 0., WITH THE MIDDLE-AGED MANrS CURIOSITY ABOUT WAR, IS GOING AFTER HIM, NERVOUSLY AVID FOR FA CTS AND 3LOOD. 
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\wKWARD IM PASSE . FOR NA TU nAL LY R I SE TO HIS OCCASION. HE IS F n OM THE F RON T S , WOUNDED, VIVID WITH AU THENTICITY, EVEN HAD ! NO GENUINE INTE RES T, ! S HOU L D FE E L BOU ND A S A C I V I L I 1\ N AND ,\ W R I T E :"l TO Bi< I N G OUT MY WHO LE Ap PA RA T U S O F SYMPA THETIC 0BSE~VA TION Fo n HIM. THEN, T OO , 0~ THE PEOPLE IN THE RO OM I AM THE 
ONE MOST INTE RESTED IN PS YCHI ATRY, BEVON~ THAT THERE At~E ~ LL THE OBSCURER SYMPATHIES CALLED OUT BY THE YOUNG AND GY THIS FACE AND PE~SONALITY SO CHILDISH AND YET SO MASTERFUL, WHICH IS AT ONCE SOMETHING TO GE DOMINATED AND CHANGED, ,'.!. NC S O!vl ET H I N G T O iJ E S UE3; 'i I T T ED T O • I F ON LY HE CO U L D ~EA L I S E T HA T I U N D E R ST OOD HIM, UNDERSTOOD HIM SO DESOLATINGLY WELL THAT ! WOULD BE THE MASTER, NEEDED HIS UNDERSThNCING SO FERVENTLY TH AT THE RELATIONSHIP WOULD ~EASSER T ITSELF ON HIS r 10E . Bur HE DOES NOT, P~OOA3LY THE LAST THING HE THINKS OF 18 THAT, TO USE HIS 0 VV N WO~ D , HE I 8 11 P S Y C HO 11, ;\ ND SO I FE E L A MOU f\J T I NG HOST I L I T Y T O WA 1-1 D S T HE YOU NG MA "~ I NE . IN OTHE ~ CIRCUMSTANCES I SHOULD LOVE TO PUT HIM IN HIS PLACE. 3UT OBVIOUSLY I CANNOT SNU ~ A M\N WHO I S TALKIN G ABOUT THE WAR. 
HIS TALK IS GENUINE; IT MUS T BE GENU INE. YET IT SOUNDS EXACTLY AS THOUGH IT CAME OUT OF THE MOVIES. IT IS FUI_L OF CORN, FROM THE 11 J APS ARE NOT HUMAN 11 ANGLE TO THE LECt➔ E ~OUS HARDSWEA~ING SERGEANT WHO INSISTS QN OEING REAG TO F~OM 11 THE BooK 11 ON S uN o,:i. ys ANO THE "THERE AF1E NO ,'.\ THEI S TS IN THE T nEN CHES 11 THEORY. 8U T I T I S FA 8 C I 1\j A T I NG ENO U G H , 0N T HE p A C I F I C I G LA N D S T HE Y HV NT F On SO UV EN I R 8 , STEAL THEM, SHOO T FOR THE M, 11 THE MA ::; INES WI LL ALW/\ YS Kl LL THE JAP WITH THE B EST SOUVENIRS ON HIM FIRST, THEN LIKE AS NOT THEY 1 LL WRASTLE EACH OTHER AND FORGET A LL AC~ UT THE JAPS. □ov , THEY 1RE SOUVEN I R CRAZY. HAU SOME SWE LL KINO OF JEWELS, WE c ,·d_L THE ,v1 CAT IS EYES, I I D PICKED UP ON THE 8E1--CH. SEWED T EM UP IN MY PANTS S UT WHEN I LANDED IN HOS~ITAL THEY WAS STOLEN. I WAS CRAZY NOT TO H IDE THEM ~EAL GOOD. So I LOO f''ED AnOUND ANO GOT i,1.YSELF A JAi·:, FL/\G. MOS T EVERYTHING ELSE W/J..8 LOCKED UP. 11 .\r\lD WHI\T DO THEY THINK AUOU T? "So, ✓iE GUYS SAY THEY 1RE JU ST CRAZY T O HEAn A KID cn YING. Ir's FUNNY WH,'.\T ONE THINK S O F OUT THE f< E. I WANTED T O HF.:A i-1 
OTH IN 1 ,~O RE THAN THE RATTLE OF A GOOD OLD T ROL LEY CA R .•• ANO ORGAN MUS IC. WANTED T O HEAR ORG AN MUS IC REAL a A8. So WHEN WE LANDED IN SAN F~ANCISCO A au □D Y AND I WE~T STRA IGHT TO A LITTLE OLE CHURCH. THE PARSON WAS HAVING SOME KIND OF A MEETING TELLING A 8 UNCH OF G I RLS A30U T WH~RE THEI R FELLOWS WERE. S ur WHEN HE SAW US MA~ INE S HE ASKED US TO COME UP FRONT AND WHERE WE WERE FROM ANO WE TOLD HIM HOW WE 1 D LIKE TO HEAR nEAL CHURCH MUS IC. So THEY PLAYED THE ORGAN AND THEN IF THE PREACHE~ DION 1 T BR EAK OUT THE COMMUN ION GEAR AND WE ALL HAD COMMUNION, •• FRISCO IS A TERDl □ LE PLACE FOR SPEND IN G YOUR MONEY. SOME OF THE GUYS MAKE OR LOSE AS MUCH ~s TWO THOUS AND DOLLARS IN A B LACKJACK GAME ON 3 0ARD SHIP. dur THE G J q Ls GET IT. SPENT AS MUCH AS A HUNOnED ANO FIFTY 3 UCKS ON A GIRL IN A S INGLE EVENING, JEWELRY AND CLOTHES. ~OY, WHEN YOU FIRST SEE A WHITE GIRL IT's FUNNY. WHEN THE NURSE CAME IN AT PEARL HARGOR THE WHOLE 3 UNCH OF US COULDN'T SAY A WORD FOR ABOUT FIFTEEN MINUTES. SHE WAS TOO BEAUTIFUL. YET THAT GIRL WAS THE HOMELIEST 
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THE RE  I S  NOTHING  IN  HIS  CONVE~SAT IQN  ABOUT  POLI TI CS  OR  EVEN  THE  OTHER  WAR  
F~ONTS:  NOTH IN G  ABOUT  /\MERICA  ITSELF  OR  ~USG ! .\  ANO  WHEN  C0,\1MUNISM  IS  MENTIONED  
HE  ~A Y8 1  WITH  A  SUDDENL Y  MORE  ELEGANT  PHRASEOLOGY  AND  A  KIND  OF  C ON TEMPT,  11 l\lo,,  

C IVILI SCD PC :<SO N WOULD EVER ;JECOIYIE A COIVlMUr\JIST. 11 OUT I 1v1uST1\J 1 T W~vi\JG HIM. [VEN IF IT SEEMS T O CONTRAD ICT THE TONE AND CONTENT OF OTHER THINGS HE HAS SAID, HE WAS SOL I D : NO DEF INITE A00U T GREECE , PE ~ HAPS OECAUSE HIS AT TITU DE , GE ING STATICAI_LY 11 ,\MEnlCAN 11 OR 11 ,\MEi\ lC,~.\i-·.·.ETHOD IST-0EMOCRAT IC 11 , IS MOST SUSCEP TI BLE TO CRIT I C I SM O F ;\ NO T H E. ,~ I MP En I ::.. L I S 1v1 • 11 I F I T H OUGHT WE WE R E ON L Y F I G HT I NG TO B E A 8 L E TO FOOL .~ROUND WI TH OTHE R FOLKS, GUESS I 1o GIVE UP! 11 
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'VE DR IVE OVER TO THE PAR TY. MOVIES ARE SHOWN ON A SMALL TOY MACHINE. M~ . 0 . IS ANX I OUS TO HAVE WAn ONES BUT HE IS OVERRULED BY THE GIRLS AND, SURPR I S INGLY, THE ONE SMALL DOY WHO lS P8ESENT. THEN THE MA~INE HANDS RO UND THE PHOTOGnAPHS OF WHICH HE I S ENORMOUSLY PROUD. THEY WERE GIVEN HIM BY A NEWS PHOTO GRAPHER ANO CAF~ i; I ED HOME IN A BAND.'.:>,GE ,\ ND THE POI NT ,"\BOU T THEM I S TH,\ T THEY f1 RE SUPPOSED TO SHOW THE 11 ~E,\L THING 11 1 THE REAL EXPLOSIVE WAR. ,\CTUALLY THEY SEEMED TO ivlE LESS EXPRESSIVE THAN MANY OTHE--s HAVE SEEN. FACES AR E NEVE~ CLEAR, AND WHAT IS WAR WITH~UT F~CES? THE nE IS A GOOD DEAL OF ATTENTION AND EXPLANATION G IVEN T O ONE SNAPSHOT OF A MAN WHO HAS JUST GEEN HIT. MR . 0. IS PARTICULARLY INTE RES TE D . \Lso, ARE THO SE CORPSES J APS 0~ OUR aovs? J APS , THEY 3 URY THEM WITH /::.., :J ULLDOZER • UURS RA,~ELY THAT WAY. PEGGY SA YS S01v1E OF Tr-IE SHO TS W0ULl.i MAKE GOOD f-' ,1\ I N T I [\I G S • THE MA r~ I N E ,i:\ G ;-: EE S , 0 U T NO T W I T H HE il C HO I C E , A G ;<OUP O F MEN HA V I N G THE MSEL VES A 11 GOOD OLD 0,'\ TH 11 , IN FACT HE SMILES AND THAT IS THE HIGH POINT OF MY DISLIKING HIM. I DON 1 T KNOW WHETHE~ IT IS ~ ECAUSE HIS SM ILE I S DERISIVELY MALE OR JUST INC OMPREHEND IN G ; PCrHAPS □ EC:USE IT SEEMS A 3E TR AYAL OF SOMETHING ESSENTIAL IN HIMSELF ANO HIS WAR. 
HE I S T A L K I NG A 8 0 U T L I FE ON 3 O A RD S H I P • 11 I T I S FU N NY N OT HA V I N G AN Y G I R L f3 AROUND AND NJT EVEN GE IN G ALLOWED TO PIN 1 E~ UP ON THE 3ULKHEADS . THE FELLOWS GET CR AZ Y A 8 0 UT T HE S H I P I S C ,\ T • 0N E OR OTHER UN I T I S A L WA YS T ·: Y I NG TO CO F-1 NE R HE r1 l\ ND LOCI< HEi; UP IN THE! ~ QU/i.f<TE,s. You SEE GR EAT HUSl<Y GUYS T,,,\ ILING UP AND DOWN WITH A 3 1T OF PAPER TIE D ON A STRING. THEN SHE D IS APPEAns AND SOME OTHER SUNCH HAVE GOT HE~i. IT MAKES THE BOYS MAD, WHEN THE~E1s AN ALERT YOU1LL ALWAYS SEE SOMEONE POPPING UP TH il~ UGH THE HATCHWAY WITH THE CAT I N HIS ARMS, 0N AN TIAIRCRAFT WATCH TWO OF THE MEN CAN DOZE OFF AND THEY LIKE TO HAVE HER WITH THEM SO SHE WALKS ACROSS THEI R FACES AND KEEPS THEM HALF ~WAKE, THOSE NIGHTS ARE REAL 
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OE,\U TIFUL. 1HE MOONLIGHT AND THE 0 ouTHERN GROSS. OSH, IF ONE HAD A GIRL. 
IF ONE HAD A GIRL, A nYE HIGH:JALL, A G1:;.ME OF GLACKJACK, A :~ E,';OING FROM THE BooK , ORGAN MUSIC, THE FREC ENTEnPRISE OF DEMO CRAC Y, INSTEAD OF CATS AND FUZZYWUZZIES ANO ONE 'S SOUVENIRS STOLEN AND THE MOR TA RS MOANING IN THE JUNGLE ANO FUNGUS GROWTHS AND THE JAP ?f~ I SONERS WITH 11 0PEN C,'\NCERS 11 • !CE-CREAM FIG-HTS RICE. T E L EV I S I ON A T T ,'\ CK S FEUD A L I SM • , , ND T H I S P OOR ~< I D , WHO S E MOT HE R D I ED W H I LE HE WA S AWA Y, PUTTING HIS LETTE RS S T nANGEL Y UNOPENED UN DER HE , PILLOW, AND WHOSE YOUNG S ISTE R MARRIED TO HIS D I STRACT I ON THE C~UEL MALE SEX , GOES ON ANO ON WITH HIS NERVOUS □ ONHOMOUS RECITAL. 3ur TWO THIN GS UNMENTIONED: THE MEANING OF THE WAR, ANO FEA :~ • 
CATCH HIM BY THE PUNCHBOW L ANO PLATTERS OF TURKEY AND CANDY, TALKING RES TLESS LY TO A NUMBE~ OF PEOPLE OF WHOM I, THE IGNO RED , AM ALMOST ASHAMED TO BECOME ONE. 
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1 WONDE F~ WHY MY MOM NEVER OPENED MY LETTE0S? 11 HE ASKS . 11 8HE 1D LET NO ONE T OU C H T HE f\,1 • p U T T HEM UND E R HE :~ P I L LOW UNOPE NED • • • 11 r-0 ~~ 0 N C E I ,..'\ NSW E R • 11 p E R HA P S 11
3EC/\USE THEY WOULD MAKE HE~ TOO S/~D . 
SooN AFTERWARDS THE PARTY LIREAKS UP. I SHAKE HI S HAND AND HE GAYS, 11 So LONG, FELLEn. 11 t<ITTEN FROM THE S LOOD-oA TH: DEFENDER OF THOUSANDS OF MILES OF LIGHTED CHRIST,~AS TREES. T HE W0 7 D 11 FELLER 11 LAYS ON ME A ROUGH AND FRIGHTENINGLY ABSTRACT ANO SOLDIERLY HAND. Bur THE M.\~ INE I S MINE NOW, AS I HAVE PUT HIM COWN HER~, WITH SYMPATHY AND REVENGE . 
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