Уловка 22

The Texan

           Hereachedamuchhigherplaneofcreativitythefollowingdaywhenheblackedouteverythinginthelettersbuta,anandthe.Thaterectedmoredynamicintralineartensions,hefelt,andinjustabouteverycaseleftamessagefarmoreuniversal.Soonhewasproscribingpartsofsalutationsandsignaturesandleavingthetextuntouched.Onetimeheblackedoutallbutthesalutation"DearMary"fromaletter,andatthebottomhewrote,"Iyearnforyoutragically.A.T.Tappman,Chaplain,U.S.Army."A.T.Tappmanwasthegroupchaplain’sname.

           Whenhehadexhaustedallpossibilitiesintheletters,hebeganattackingthenamesandaddressesontheenvelopes,obliteratingwholehomesandstreets,annihilatingentiremetropoliseswithcarelessflicksofhiswristasthoughhewereGod.Catch-22requiredthateachcensoredletterbearthecensoringofficer’sname.Mostlettershedidn’treadatall.Onthosehedidn’treadatallhewrotehisownname.Onthosehedidreadhewrote,"WashingtonIrving."Whenthatgrewmonotonoushewrote,"IrvingWashington."Censoringtheenvelopeshadseriousrepercussions,producedarippleofanxietyonsomeetherealmilitaryechelonthatfloatedaC.I.D.manbackintothewardposingasapatient.TheyallknewhewasaC.I.D.manbecausehekeptinquiringaboutanofficernamedIrvingorWashingtonandbecauseafterhisfirstdaytherehewouldn’tcensorletters.Hefoundthemtoomonotonous.

           Itwasagoodwardthistime,oneofthebestheandDunbarhadeverenjoyed.

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