Chapter 4

           Iwaseditingalittlemagazineatthetime,TheLaxativeApproach.Ihadtwoco-editorsandwefeltthatwewereprintingthebestpoetsofourtime.Alsosomeoftheotherkind.Oneoftheeditorswasa6-foot-2subnormalhighschooldrop-out,KennethMulloch(black),whowassupportedpartlybyhismotherandpartlybyhissister.TheothereditorwasSammyLevinson(Jewish),27,wholivedwithhisparentsandwassupportedbythem.

           Thesheetswereprinted.Nowwehadtocollatethemandstaplethemintothecovers.

           "Whatyoudo,"saidSammy,"isthrowacollatingparty.Youservedrinksandalittlebullshitandletthemdothework."

           "Ihateparties,"Isaid.

           "I’lldotheinviting,"saidSammy.

           "Allright,"Isaid,andIinvitedLydia.

           ThenightofthepartySammyarrivedwiththesheetsalreadycollated.Hewasanervoussortwithahead-ticandhehadn’tbeenabletowaittoseehisownpoemsinprint.HehadcollatedTheLaxativeApproachallbyhimself,andthenstapledthecoverson.KennethMullochwasnottobefound-heprobablywaseitherinjailorhadbeencommitted.

           Peoplearrived.Iknewveryfewofthem.Iwalkedtomylandlady’sinthebackcourt.Shecametothedoor.

           "I’mhavingabigparty,Mrs.O’Keefe.Iwantyouandyourhusbandtocome.Plentyofbeer,pretzelsandchips."

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