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Shadowland

           Theyhadatugofwaroveryouinacourt(tenniscourt?badmintoncourt?Dannywasn’tsurewhichorifitwassomeother,butMommyandDaddyhadplayedbothtennisandbadmintonatStovington,soheassumeditcouldbeeither)andyouhadtogowithoneofthemandyoupracticallyneversawtheotherone,andtheoneyouwerewithcouldmarrysomebodyyoudidn’tevenknowiftheurgecameonthem.ThemostterrifyingthingaboutDIVORCEwasthathehadsensedtheword-orconcept,orwhateveritwasthatcametohiminhisunderstandings-floatingaroundinhisownparents’heads,sometimesdiffuseandrelativelydistant,sometimesasthickandobscuringandfrighteningasthunderheads.IthadbeenthatwayafterDaddypunishedhimformessingthepapersupinhisstudyandthedoctorhadtoputhisarminacast.Thatmemorywasalreadyfaded,butthememoryoftheDIVORCEthoughtswasclearandterrifying.Ithadmostlybeenaroundhismommythattime,andhehadbeeninconstantterrorthatshewouldpluckthewordfromherbrainanddragitoutofhermouth,makingitreal.DIVORCE.Itwasaconstantundercurrentintheirthoughts,oneofthefewhecouldalwayspickup,likethebeatofsimplemusic.Butlikeabeat,thecentralthoughtformedonlythespineofmorecomplexthoughts,thoughtshecouldnotasyetevenbegintointerpret.Theycametohimonlyascolorsandmoods.Mommy’sDIVORCEthoughtscenteredaroundwhatDaddyhaddonetohisarm,andwhathadhappenedatStovingtonwhenDaddylosthisjob.Thatboy.

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