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AFTERthewomenhadgoneSimonbegandreamingwithnewintensity.Hedreamedthathewasaslaveonaleperisland,requiredtocleanthelatrinesandpileupdirty-whiteshellfortheroads,wheelbarrowafterwheelbarrowful,thenraketheshellsmoothandjumpupanddownonituntilitwaspackedsolid.Thelepersdidnotallowhimtowearshoes,onlywhiteath?leticsocks,andhehadadifficulttimefindingapairthatmatched.Theheadleper,amanwhoseemedtobenamedAl,embracedhimrepeatedlyandtriedrepeat?edlytospitinhismouth.Hedreamedthathiswife,Carol,haddrivenalargebus,aMetrobusfilledwithpeople,intothefrontofhisbuilding.Itwasnotherfault,shetoldhim,aJapanesemanwhohadnothadexactchangewhenhegotonthebus,infacthadaskedhertochangeafifty-dollarbillandhad,moreover,in?sistedthatshestuffninefivesintolittleenvelopesprintedwithcolorfulout-of-registerscenesfromtheBibleforhisFirstPresbyteriancontributionsoverthenextnineSundays,wasthetrueculprit.Simonwokeearly,fiveoclockandsixoclock,crackednewbottlesofwhitewineandsmokedtastelessMarlboroLight100sandwonderedwhattodonext.
Heputalltheextrabedsinoneroom,theroomAnnehadhadtowardthefrontofthehouse.Stackedontopofoneanothertheylookedlikeameanstestforaprincess.Heboughtanewplant,agold-fleckedacuba,andapotforitatConrans,aglazedoff-whiteceramicnumber.Hecleanedtherefrigerator,throwingoutsevenhalf-fullcontainersofDannonStrawberryandDannonBlueberryaswellasfourdaikoninvariousstagesofreduction.Theydidlovesalads.Headdedtheremainsofanossobuco,capersandredwine,tohisdar
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