gave Cmas. ts name ood around t Paul; t get enoug ? C said. It o o please Chey drank more wine.
Eric was born.
and Irene ine affair. It ant t t C knoo t a bed ance from t comfortable enoug and Irene tfully. ted for twelve years and was considered very successful.
hilda.
Cco begin a baby, tty young girl! C to ten tips of ty breasts eet soo old for most boys Pauls age, but not for Paul.
s son Eric ed could not have her.
In tinued making . tall Scz cans and a plastic substance ify. to oto t to frigo er on treet.
doree in the back yard. hy?
Do you kno and Irene are having an affair? hilda asked Paul. he nodded.
t I dont care.
In Montreal t: is seemed to Paul and tion. treal o t about tion in an ambiance of kindness.
C gave us Paul, to doree.
Eric sat by himself.
Paul put about tion. France!
Irene bouger presents for everyone. of ton of tree wened.
Dialogue between Paul and Ann:
-- You say anyt crao your ed.
-- Go peddle your h Girl.
It is a portrait, said, composed of all tion in t.
Erics bomb exploded splas. was frig answer.
Irene and Calked about Paul. I ing along in France? C Rosemarie. C Eric ured by er son, Paul. oo about trange ;foster,quot; about could by t? could by quot;from t;? imagine, Irene said. t was evening.
In Silkeborg, Denmark, Paul regarded fully. You love Inge, souched her hand.
Rosemarie returned.
Paul grew older. O poor fucker Eric he said.
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ty of tween and Irene:
tty good bed , Irene said. Except t its not really quite wide enough.
You kno Paul is manufacturing bombs in your cellar dont you? asked.
Inge bruser.
man, Rosemarie asked, dogs?
in a café ing for Paul to return from Denmark. In t o ing for Paul. Oed voice, let me sit do a minute. Just a minute. I bot to sit your table and be near you. I . But dont touch me.
Ce a poem about Rosemaries dog, Ed ina.
Daddy, Ededly. Because youve been away Rosemarie, Charles said.
At Yale Eric walked around.
Irene said: I love you. said t t Montreals green snohe Black Sea.
t doree old anyone, it as old as I t time, sixteen, and it iful, and I iful I tree and me, and I couldnt stand it, ill beautiful, no nineteen, dont touch me, hilda said.
. ten t on t? Ninety-t said, every monts not muc reac o caress Irene but decided not to.
Inge smiled in t from tory candle.
Edired of posing for Cretc himself.
In tic for anotcree lay on able. Seeds fell into oolbox. From t by quot;from t;? real. er lay across a cle, but malicious, Einstein said. Paul ools in o find more Scz cans, . Quickly.
Irene . S. ter. And I, I am still quite beautiful, s in t in a different y. Oh!
From the bank? Inge wondered.
Eric came he holidays.
Anna teresa tymieniecka e a book to ed a foreword.
Rosemarie made a list of all t ten ter t morning:
George Lewis
Peter Elkin
Joan Elkin
off
Edgar Rich
Marcy Powers
Sue Brownly
and many others
Paul said to t tore: I need a neh his hands. Oh hilda!
is tle name? C. said, is Paul. A small one, isnt ed.
Can I buy you a drink? ? Its one of te drinks of try. Your time is up out of t a minute, ry isnt it? No, ry is precisely insofar as your sitting at table is concerned. Besides, Ive decided to go to Denmark on t plane.
ted in ating of doing treet before reet. Rosemarie ate a boe Oats.
Eric cut ters.
t o detonate. z can at me ticking like a bomb?
hilda appeared in Pauls cellar. Paul, she asked, can I borrow an axe? or a saw?
touc. You iful breasts, o Irene. I like too mature? Irene asked anxiously.
Mature?
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Ann ted Paul but could not h Inge in Denmark.
From c playing under tree. S deeply into a black pear. It tasted bad and tree inquiringly. Carted to cry. ate of surprise, decided to get someto eat. Irene or. ore?
Rosemarie looked at Paul. But of course oo young for me, s.
Ed on treet.
Inge e tter to Ann to explain w have Paul:
Dear Ann --
I deeply appreciate timents expressed by you in our recent so-selepion. Is t? I oo t you are son Line is one of my favorite lines. tell you t Paul is at present deeply embedded in a love affair e, a very nice girl respond to your proposals, cated as tyle on telep point out t if Paul loves any girl oture it y t met yet -- te, I t tional o time to time.
Your friend,
Inge
Couc, one of Irenes. You iful breasts Irene, Chank you, Irene said, Charles.
o Eric was never delivered.
t seriously about mas present to C can I get for t ely ster theyd like a gamelan? a rag rug?
O o you! t for supper?
younger poet noing in English in isconsin.
C is stained ears! Let me make you a come from tore, uce, mustard and paper napkins. C lately by tear-stained vest. Not in a long time, Irene said, s been acting sort of distant lately for some strange reason. Ora ninety-t? I need some floor poliso subscribe to tional Geographic.
Every month?
Ann looked over t to it, not just one but a dozen or more. ted upon ter.
quot;But I cant stand t God ;
quot;Can you give me a urine sample?quot; asked the nurse.
Paul placed oolbox. as t a sgun Eric in tore?
Irene, said, I love you. Ive aled to mention it ted by t t you are married to my close friend, Co you er, for almost t time. I feel intimate. I feel like t be some love in you for me, too. tmas present was symbolic?
Inge smiled.
Rosemarie smiled.
Ann smiled.
Goodbye, Inge, Paul said. Your wonderful blondness way. Goodbye! Goodbye!
ticulated thiopia.
American Express. s o Denmark. urned to t really meant it.
C some more o mull.
candidly: o be an anarc isnt he?
Put ty Scz cans over truck in tter get some snoires pretty soon t snoed for tire region sly. Deep snow.
o understand me, ts okay, but I am afraid you do understand me. In t case, I think I will have dreams.
sgun? asked.
It is virtually impossible to read one of Joel S. Goldsmit becoming a better person Eric, Rosemarie said.
Eric, take t sgun out of your mouted.
Eric!
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tryside (tryside of France) .
Inge stretc and left arms luxuriously. You me so muc alto consort once more all-time all-timer girl, it still pleases me to be to talk about pion no a muffin?
Eded his Pard.
From the bank? Rosemarie asked herself.
I o go to t. Do you mind? Since s position in t itled to a little relaxation in the golden sun. Okay?
trol boat captain said: hs?
tree reacurdily for tree.
o as a gift, or simply take it over to C decide. o started to cry. I oo strong?
treal banked itself against t is . t t be in t t be sure. It might be illusory.
I attoo myself attractively?
-- s possible noo be togeto stay togeto live toget is your rying time, a time in from t cetera et cetera, and even c a job.
-- t sounds wonderful, Aaron.
Eric?