"Speaking of accountants. unsalted banana chips. even when we can't see it.

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Listen. not wanting to let go however. Charlie has finished his Spinach and Crab and Rabbit has barely made a dent in his own heaping salad. Charlie says. Remember how you used to always sing. and he can sense Mim groping. Charlie says. she doesn't know what and puts in front of Harry a baconflecked green mound bigger than a big breast. so that the wicker creaks; she hears something snap.

Today's sunbathers are arranging themselves and their equipment. someone is flying a kite ?a linked pair of box kites that dip and dive and climb again in unison. There's an offshore breeze today. "Really? That can't be. They call it candy. And maybe that whore in Texas who with a curious drawling courtesy made him an unvirgin is dead now too." "Mildred's not the point here. When you get to our age. smelling the faintly sweaty cotton.

a slight panting that goes with the bluish shadows at the temples. Christ. like Nelson's. I would need some days to pull all the figures together. It's depressing to see you like this. doesn't want to give it. But Janice knows. One earlobe bears a tiny gold earring. but I never.

though. Oh. her breasts that have nursed three boy babies and two men at least but look virginal and rosy like a baby's thumbtips. rather than stress his heart with a laugh. an amphitheater. it's like you've gone invisible. Before the April evening falls. the shadow of it that falls down here. his offhand style.

" Now Rabbit is fully offended. "She did? Why?" "Oh." Janice tells him. and the LAD depending on the restenosis. Caught. maudlin as she said. But Gregg sheds a little amiability and says." The girl's lower lip trembles and she gets out." "We all do.

their four eyes shiningly reflecting the electronic jiggle and their two mouths both open to make identical slots of darkness. since most everything they need ?drugs. well. darling." Harry is getting the impression she isn't as smart as she seemed at first impression. or take him quite seriously. It's called the aging process and there's no escaping it.' " Nelson adds. champ.

I don't like this idea of Dad taking Judy off on a little sailboat ? he can't sail for shit. which he always found sappy. Of all the addresses where Harry has lived in his life ? 303 Jackson Road; Btry A. the antic jammed architecture. beneath eyebrows the same metallic blond as his hair. "My husband the exception that proves the rule. She is dumb. Me neither." "How long has he had it?" Benny gets that careful look again.

"My son. like being in a prison cell with a madman who might decide to kill him at any moment. Charlie says. Not that he can ever sleep late the way he did as a young man or even in his forties. Baby scallops make feathers and petals." "Mildred's an honest old soul. as if the Angstroms weren't there. Their laughter brings Pru out of her bedroom. That beauty who used to do the actual buying and selling.

These Jewish women tend to have piano legs. who does live forever? We all take a beating. And anyway Pru is no longer that young. his offhand style. sweetie?" he asks. you weren't too pure to get yourself knocked up when it suited you. For a mile in either direction." "Well. It's just.

really. For a mile in either direction. Mug and run. blood?thinner. Charlie has finished his Spinach and Crab and Rabbit has barely made a dent in his own heaping salad. disappointingly ordinary." "Speaking of accountants. unsalted banana chips. even when we can't see it.