Overnight to Many Distant Cities
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InSanAntoniowewalkedbythelittleriver.AndendedupinHelensBar,whereJohnfoundapoolplayerwhowas,likeJohn,anex-Marine.Howtheseex-Marinesloveeachother!Itisaflatscandal.TheCongressshoulddosomethingaboutit.TheIRSshoulddosomethingaboutit.YouandItalkedtoeachotherwhileJohntalkedtohisParrisIslandfriend,andthatwasnttoobad,wasnttoobad.Wediscussedtwenty-fournovelsofnormativeadultery."Canthavenoadulterywithoutadults,"Isaid,andyouagreedthatthiswastrue.Wethoughtaboutit,ourhandsoneachothersknees,underthetable.
InthecaronthewaybackfromSanAntoniotheladiestalkedabouttherumpofanotedpoet."Toobig,"theysaid,"toobigtoobigtoobig.""Canyouimaginegoingtobedwithhim?"theysaid,andthenallsaid"Nonononono,"andlaughedandlaughedandlaughedandlaughedandlaughed.
Iofferedtogetoutandrunalongsidethecar,ifthatwouldallowthemtoconversemorefreely.
InCopenhagenIwentshoppingwithtwoHungarians.Ihadthoughttheymerelywantedtobuypresentsfortheirwives.Theyboughtleathergloves,chesssets,frozenfish,babyfood,lawnmowers,airconditioners,kayaksWeweresixhoursinthedepartmentstore.
"Thiswillteachyou,"theysaid,"nevertogoshoppingwithHungarians."
AgaininParis,thehotelwastheMontalembertAnnajumpedonthebedandslicedherhandopenonanopenwatercolortin,bloodeverywhere,theconciergeassuringusthat"Inthewar,Isawmuchworsethings."
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Butwecouldntstopthebleeding,inthecabtotheAmericanHospitalthedriverkeptlookingoverhisshouldertomakesurethatwewerentbleedingonhisseatcovers,handfulsofbloodypapertowelsinmyrightandlefthands
Onanotherevening,aswewereonourwaytodinner,IkickedthekidwithcarefullycalibratedforceaswewerecrossingthePontMirabeau,shehadbeenpissyallday,drivinguscrazy,hercharacterimprovedinstantly,wonderfully,thisisatacticthatcanbeusedexactlyonce.
InMexicoCitywelaywiththegorgeousdaughteroftheAmericanambassadorbyaclear,coldmountainstream.Well,thatwastheplan,itdidntworkoutthatway.Wewerearoundsixteenandhadrunawayfromhome,inthegreattradition,hitchedvariouslongrideswithvarioussinisterfolk,andtherewewereinthegreatcitywithabouttwot-shirtstoournames.MyfriendHermanfoundusjobsinajukeboxfacto
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