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Chapter 30

           AfterrecoveringabitInoticedapierthatwentoutoverthereservoir.Iwalkedoutonthepierandcametoalargemetalboxboltedtothesideofthepier.Itwaslockedwithapadlock.Therewasprobablyatelephoneinthere!Icouldphoneforhelp!

           Iwentandfoundalargerockandstartedsmashingitagainstthelock.Itwouldn’tgive.WhatthehellwouldJackLondondo?WhatwouldHemingwaydo?JeanGenet?

           Ikeptsmashingtherockagainstthelock.SometimesImissedandmyhandhitthelockorthemetalboxitself.Skinripped,bloodflowed.Igatheredmyselfandgavethelockonefinalblow.Itopened.Itookitoffandopenedthemetalbox.Therewasnotelephone.Therewereaseriesofswitchesandsomeheavycables.Ireachedin,touchedawire,andgotaterribleshock.ThenIpulledaswitch.Iheardtheroarofwater.Outof3or4oftheholesintheconcretefaceofthedamshotgiantwhitejetsofwater.Ipulledanotherswitch.Threeorfourotherholesopenedup,releasingtonsofwater.Ipulledathirdswitchandthewholedamletloose.Istoodandwatchedthewaterpouringforth.MaybeIcouldstartafloodandcowboyswouldcomeonhorsesorinruggedlittlepickuptruckstorescueme.Icouldseetheheadline:

           HENRYCHINASKI,MINORPOET,FLOODSUTAHCOUNTRYSIDEINORDERTOSAVEHISSOFTLOSANGELESASS.

           Idecidedagainstit.Ithrewalltheswitchesbacktonormal,closedthemetalbox,andhungthebrokenlockbackonit.

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