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2、ewindowlikeanArabianandhowled;andhetoldherthathewasturningintoatoadandthathewantedtobuyaBuddhaandthathewantedtobeoldanddrowninthesea,andthathewasgoingtogrowabeardandthathefeltasifhewasturningintoawoman.AndHenrywaspoor,poorandworthlessandmiserableandsick.AndhewantedtojointheMahlerSociety.Hisbrea
3、thwasbad,hisfatherwasinsaneandhismotherwasdyingofcancer.Andbesidesallthis,theweatherwashot,hotashell."I'vegotanewsystem,"hesaid."AllIneedisfourorfivegrand.It'samatterofinvestment.Wecouldtravelfromtracktotrackinatrailer."Shefeltlikesayingsomethingblas+like,"Wedon'thavefourorfivegrand,"butitdidn'
4、tcomeout.Nothingcameout:allthedoorswereclosedandallthewindowsweredown,anditwasinthemiddleofthedesert-notevenvultures-andtheywereabouttodroptheBomb.SheshouldhavestayedinTexas,sheshouldhavestayedwithPapa-thismanisagoon,agunnysack,agutlessno-nothinginaworldofdoers.Hehidesbehindsymphoniesandpoeticf
5、ancies;aweakandlistlesssoul."Areyougoingtotakemetothemuseum?"sheasked."Why?""They'rehavinganArtExhibit.""Iknow.""Well,don'tyouwanttoseeVanGogh?""TohellwithVanGogh!What'sVanGoghtome?"Thedoorsclosedagainandshecouldn'tthinkofananswer."Idon'tlikemuseums,"hecontinued."Idon'tlikemuseum-people."Thefan
6、wasgoingbutitwasasmallapartmentandtheheatheldasifenclosedinakettle."Infact,"hesaid,peelingoffhisT-shirtandstandinginjusthisshorts,"Idon'tlikeanykindofpeople."Amazingly,hehadhaironhischest."Infact,"hecontinued,pullinghisshortsdownandovertheendofonefoot,"I'mgoingtowriteabooksomedayandcallitConfes
7、sionofaCoward."Thedoorbellranglikearape,orthetearingofripeflesh."JesusChrist!"hesaidlikesomethingtrapped.Shejumpedoffthebed,lookingverywhiteandunpeeled.Likeacandybanana.AldingtonandD.H.LawrenceandTaosfelltothefloor.Sherantotheclos
