Its the morning.
Biser is ill, stomache couch.
Bisoo is ill, cing, a flu. sleep. In bed, ens to tie is fifteen and spends th him every year.
Outside on treet, someone kicks on a motorcycle and revs it unforgivingly. his bedroom is badly placed.
o-Bismol, if sry tylenol. , pulls -s away from .
t. teady, friendly air-conditioner ling in t room.
Earlier aken o a doctor, a bellyac; tor said, quot;stick doesnt go a; Katie is beautiful, tall h dark hair.
In ternoon to a aking over ty. At vivid moments s s into his back. he moved away.
ogetreet sakes igime aen people give them peculiar looks.
of feting in tersection . quot;t;
y-nine. riting a ory of 19tury American painting, about wwo.
Not enough.
A groan, felt but muted, from ther room. Shes awake.
s up and goes in to look at e cotton robe sucked up under ;I just t; she says.
quot;Did it ;
quot;A little.quot;
sometold of tree.
quot;Do you to try a glass of milk?quot;
quot;I dont any milk,quot; surning to lie on . quot;Sit ;
s on t;terrific,quot; ;Lets get your mind off your stomac fis time you tel keys out of t; Once, in Paris, s t, from a sixtins of el keys buried in ted plant outside tel door.
quot;Daddy,quot; s looking at him.
quot;Yes?quot;
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quot;o live ;
quot;You could find somebody. Youre ;
quot;Os very neat. I t;
quot;You dont try.quot;
t true.
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quot;One eig;
quot;You could lose some weig;
quot;Look, kid, gimme a break.quot; s ;You some cambric tea?quot;
quot;Youve given up.quot;
quot;Not so,quot; ;Katie, go to sleep no big pile of Gucci ;
Surns her head away.
Biso tcurns on t. a drink o o sleep? it. urns on tiny kitcV and spends a fees cer movie. ter is picking up fully, eating t tokyo. ten t from underneaterror. ;You no butterfly on me?quot; s. oniso learn t quot;butterflyquot; meant, in tois of time, quot;abandon.quot; S in a nic of Stars amp; Stripes. One day a . Bision LEADING LADIES. ter sergeant or brougo back to Bis;e cant do t; ;Aint it a s;
cs Dolly Parton singing, by coincidence, quot;;
At some point during eac; up?quot;
quot;It ,quot; ;Yours. You made too muc ; old Katie tion for t it until its untrut.
y, too.
I can do.
alking do Broadurday afternoon. Barking art caged in te galleries, dont go inside or itll get you, leap into your lap and cover your face o treme, snarls and ss brilliant teet I you if you dont me. Citizens parading, plump-faced and bone-faced, ligoting a Board of Education trombone case. A fello over his shoulder.
Bisy dollars in in case o buy a pal a drink.
Into a gallery because it must be done. tists y EVERLASt ed to rouble. Biso resist, bangs one , and s his hand.
Bloody artists.
Out on treet again, o by a man, ts isher friend, Malcolm.
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quot;Professor,quot; ).
not muc om. Malcolm is t c.
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over it.
quot;ty-t t boter.quot;
Standing beiful young woman.
quot;tie,quot; Malcolm says. quot;eve just given eaten all t;
Bisely seized by a desire to cook for Cie -- eit-Bean Soup or .
Selling her windows.
quot;I dont care but w;
S and is deeply tanned , tV.
ill talking about t. quot;I mean ation on batrends.quot;
quot;ell maybe ;
tover duck in tor .
quot;ell,quot; o Cie, quot;are you ;
quot;Yes,quot; s;I am.quot;
quot;e just ate,quot; ;You cant be possibly be ;
quot;; saking Bis, sticking out.
Putting slices of duck in bean er c;tures of Robin ; cV. At time he FM.
quot;I like a place able.
Bisaking quick glances at o see .
al note to buy some Mazola -- a case, maybe.
quot;y seconds on fenders,quot; says the radio.
quot;Do you live ; Cie asks.
quot;My daugimes. Summers and Cmas.quot; A little tarragon into ter. quot; you?quot;
quot;t;
But to be. Biseadfastly hree Sheep brand Chinese chopper, made in gray Fusan.
quot;ist.quot;
As ; kind of an artist?quot;
quot;A painter. tle. ;
o ter, tomato paste.
quot;ake?quot; Cie asks. quot;Im not rus curious.quot;
quot;Anot;
quot;ttle vodka. Straig mind.quot;
Bishop loves women who drink.
Maybe she smokes!
quot;Actually I cant stand artists,quot; she says.
quot;Like ;
quot;Like t woman ws comac;
quot;S do t any more. And t poorly placed.quot;
quot;And t ots off parts of tles on fries my ass.quot;
quot;Its supposed to.quot;
quot;Yea; s;Im reacting like a bozo.quot;
Ss up and o ter and takes a Lark from his pack.
Very o talk. ells t before ten up and cment, kno a pier ing it . urned on tV to get tered ts of a Ric;Brocks Last Casequot; cc il five oclock in te actors in told o convey, edly, but you ter bear in mind y damn sure going to bounce back up and batter your conk --
quot;Redford is t; she says.
Bisand this. he nods seriously.
quot;t Redford is,quot; sen minutes sells Robert Redford.
astes t .
It appears t sy fond of Clint Eastwood.
Bis tion rayed, like a bad coh.
quot;Old Clint East; ;ere ready.quot;
and fetc bread from the oven.
quot;tastes like real cassoulet,quot; she says.
quot;ts tail soup mix.quot; in summer? Its .
tle of Robert Mondavi table red.
quot;Very good,quot; s;I mean Im surprised. Really.quot;
quot;Maybe could omato.quot;
quot;No, really.quot; Sears off a fistful of Frenc;Men are quite odd. I sa t on Union Square on Saturday? anding in front of a table full of greens and radis, bearing at t-offs and a tank top and every time so grab a cabbage or ting a s of s, e pretty -- I mean be?quot;
quot;Moderate amount of fun. Some fun. Not muc can I say?quot;
quot;And t plug I live ;
quot; about ;
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quot;Book about o fix me a scre;
quot;ell.quot;
quot;I fixed took me t;
quot;ould you like to go to bed no;
quot;No,quot; Cie says, quot;not yet.quot;
Not yet! Very happily, Bishop pours more wine.
Notle c intervals. s a s from ts in tc draped around yle. ie turning restlessly on the couch.
is, ts done tle tle nagging, a little lets-go-take-a-look and Biss, black diablo numbers t ss. . .
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quot;Daddy?quot;
Still , s up and goes into ther room.
quot;I cant sleep.quot;
quot;Im sorry.quot;
quot;talk to me.quot;
Biss again on the couch. how large she is!
ory lecture.
quot;t Mo-net and Ma-net, ts a little tricky, Mo-net er lilies and s, , Bonnard, eriors and s, amazing lig Van Guk, , and Say-zanne, , you get Kandinsky, a bad moticks pictures, you get my man Mondrian, angles and s, Moic t, you get Mar-cel Du-c;
Shes asleep.
Biso tchen and makes himself a drink.
Its five-ty. Faint lighe big windows.
Cies in Seattle, and plans to stay.
Looking out of times see t ic or o save electricity.