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           Hekeptthelatchkeyundertherush-plaiteddoormat,andwhenhereacheddowntogetit,somethingfelloutofhisinnerpocketandfelltothesecond-floordeckingwithaflatthump.Hismindwasstillsomuchonthevoicethathadshiveredthroughhisheadthatforamomenthecouldonlylookattheblueenvelopeblankly,notknowingwhatitwas.

           ThenheturneditoverandthewordWILLstaredupathimintheblackspideryletters.

           (OhmyGodisitlikethat?)

           Hedidn’tknow.Butitcouldbe.Allweeklongthethoughtofhisownendinghadbeenonhismindlikea…well,likea

           (Goon,sayit)

           likeapremonition,.

           Death?Foramomenthiswholelifeseemedtoflashbeforehim,notinahistoricalsense,notopographyoftheupsanddownsthatMrs.Hallorann’sthirdson,Dick,hadlivedthrough,buthislifeasitwasnow.MartinLutherKinghadtoldthemnotlongbeforethebullettookhimdowntohismartyr’sgravethathehadbeentothemountain.Dickcouldnotclaimthat.Nomountain,buthehadreachedasunnyplateauafteryearsofstruggle.Hehadgoodfriends.Hehadallthereferenceshewouldeverneedtogetajobanywhere.Whenhewantedfuck,why,hecouldfindafriendlyonewithnoquestionsaskedandnobigshittystruggleaboutwhatitallmeant.Hehadcometotermswithhisblackness-happyterms.HewasuppastsixtyandthankGod,hewascruising.

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