Conversations at the Party

           Hewasdancingwithabeautifulwoman.

           Hehadnoideawhattimeitwas,howlonghehadspentintheColoradoLoungeorhowlonghehadbeenhereintheballroom.Timehadceasedtomatter.

           Hehadvaguememories:listeningtoamanwhohadoncebeenasuccessfulradiocomicandthenavarietystarinTV’,infantdaystellingaverylongandveryhilariousjokeaboutincestbetweenSiamesetwins;seeingthewomanintheharempantsandthesequinedbradoaslowandsinuousstripteasetosomebumping-andgrindingmusicfromthejukebox(itseemedithadbeenDavidRose’sthememusicfromTheStripper);crossingthelobbyasoneofthree,theothertwomenineveningdressthatpredatedthetwenties,allofthemsingingaboutthestiffpatchonRosieO’Grady’sknickers.HeseemedtorememberlookingoutthebigdoubledoorsandseeingJapaneselanternsstrungingraceful,curvingarcsthatfollowedthesweepofthedriveway-theygleamedinsoftpastelcolorslikeduskyjewels.Thebigglassglobeontheporchceilingwason,andnight-insectsbumpedandflitteredagainstit,andapartofhim,perhapsthelasttinysparkofsobriety,triedtotellhimthatitwas6A.M.onamorninginDecember.Buttimehadbeencanceled.

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