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Up On the Roof

           Hehadbeenafineplayer,makingAll-Conferenceinhisjuniorandsenioryears,andheknewperfectlywellthathehadhisownbadtempertothank…ortoblame.Hehadnotenjoyedfootball.Everygamewasagrudgematch.

           Andyet,throughitall,hehadn’tfeltlikeasonofabitch.Hehadn’tfeltmean.HehadalwaysregardedhimselfasJackTorrance,areallyniceguywhowasjustgoingtohavetolearnhowtocopewithhistempersomedaybeforeitgothimintrouble.Thesamewayhewasgoingtohavetolearnhowtocopewithhisdrinking.Buthehadbeenanemotionalalcoholicjustassurelyashehadbeenaphysicalone-thetwoofthemwerenodoubttiedtogethersomewheredeepinsidehim,whereyou’djustassoonnotlook.Butitdidn’tmuchmattertohimiftherootcauseswereinterrelatedorseparate,sociologicalorpsychologicalorphysiological.Hehadhadtodealwiththeresults:thespankings,thebeatingsfromhisoldman,thesuspensions,withtryingtoexplaintheschoolclothestorninplaygroundbrawls,andlaterthehangovers,theslowlydissolvingglueofhismarriage,thesinglebicyclewheelwithitsbentspokespointingintothesky,Danny’sbrokenarm.AndGeorgeHatfield,ofcourse.

           HefeltthathehadunwittinglystuckhishandintoTheGreatWasps’NestofLife.Asanimageitstank.Asacameoofreality,hefeltitwasserviceable.

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