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Hungry Joe

           Fewwomenanywherecouldresistsuchwilycajolery,andprostituteswouldspringtotheirfeeteagerlyandhurlthemselvesintowhateverfantasticposesherequestedofthem.WomenkilledHungryJoe.Hisresponsetothemassexualbeingswasoneoffrenziedworshipandidolatry.Theywerelovely,satisfying,maddeningmanifestationsofthemiraculous,instrumentsofpleasuretoopowerfultobemeasured,tookeentobeendured,andtooexquisitetobeintendedforemploymentbybase,unworthyman.Hecouldinterprettheirnakedpresenceinhishandsonlyasacosmicoversightdestinedtoberectifiedspeedily,andhewasdrivenalwaystomakewhatcarnaluseofthemhecouldinthefleetingmomentortwohefelthehadbeforeSomeonecaughtwiseandwhiskedthemaway.Hecouldneverdecidewhethertofurglethemorphotographthem,forhehadfounditimpossibletodobothsimultaneously.Infact,hewasfindingitalmostimpossibletodoeither,soscrambledwerehispowersofperformancebythecompulsiveneedforhastethatinvariablypossessedhim.Thepicturesnevercameout,andHungryJoenevergotin.TheoddthingwasthatincivilianlifeHungryJoereallyhadbeenaphotographerforLifemagazine.

           Hewasaheronow,thebiggestherotheAirForcehad,Yossarianfelt,forhehadflownmorecombattoursofdutythananyotherherotheAirForcehad.Hehadflownsixcombattoursofduty.

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