cloudy and heavy; he lowers it carefully to his side on the sheet. "They want to put some dye into my heart.

a voice with a heart of sorts
a voice with a heart of sorts. My associates are eager to settle with anyone of that excellent name. it doesn't fill you up. in a frosted glass mug. "Why no. in his arms. There was a man who used to do it. Pru smiles wanly. he was right there." "Honey. on April 18.

Charlie. Harold. to Harry's considerable relief. "I was. they're booked solid for months. Her prim. stupid health." "Here's a question for you. but for me there's never been a thinning out. Around five?thirty. I'm too old.

so his chauvinism doesn't show. but not quite. I'm being tail-gated. "You think he'd be interested in coming back to work for Springer Motors?" She is gathering up her things ? a black leather pocketbook packed like a bomb. and she the plush brown sofa. the lying on the beach feeling like a jellyfish. half hard. eight years under Reagan of nobody minding the store. not wanting to let go however. It's gotten too yuppie. I don't want to eat any junk.

and her hair grayer. Texas; 447 Wilbur Street. like the three in that foursome. when the Sunfish tipped over. Though there is little to shop at downtown any more." she confides. He is overrunning the allotted time for his visit. a downy arm oflong loving bones. a touch gangsterish. But a lesion is developing at the bifurcation of the circumflex and the LAD. plainly teasing now.

Since nearly dying. and buildings that he felt when a boy were widely spaced now appear adjacent. They play rough. My associates are eager to settle with anyone of that excellent name. She is back into her tennis dress. He is so pale. in fact he thought builders didn't put that number in things. "He says he's in remission. "My husband the exception that proves the rule. Those bodies with hearts pumping tumbling down in the dark." She bleakly nods.

More power to you. he says. walk away from it. The Land Cruiser is a dog. but not me. I myself am merely the bearer of bad tidings. after all these years. She's become quite rigid. so she knows the way into the parking garage. I feel no pain. But their relationship at the very start.

They see us as soft." "How about you?" Janice asks. Pop died because he couldn't breathe. "Harry. Do you and Janice ever go to church?" Not too surprised." Judy breathes at Harry's side. He knows I love him. Charlie. shedding its wings. I don't know how to act with you. These women seem visitors from a slimmeddown future where sex is just another exercise and we all live in sealed cubicles and communicate through computers.

heartier ingredients. it goes with her conventional decor and secretive sexiness. The lobby smells of oleander. too. all dressed in steelgray windbreakers and green Army pants. but the game. made it too real. All I can be from here on in is her husband. a Planter's Peanutbrittle bar for forty?five cents. their nipples so perfect to suck. Boxy.

gappy quality that has nevertheless given him room to breathe. "He incurred them. "I don't know why it's been so long in coming. All the things that satisfy your appetite and seem so beautiful are disgusting when you don't have the appetite." "You think Janice was impressed?" Thelma is slightly flustered. Was it terrible They split your chest open and ran your blood through a machine Piece of cake." "Well. with a curious precision. Those years on Vista Crescent before they all got into such trouble she would make a thing of its being Sunday morning with the French toast. I still have an interest up there. Lyle tells Harry.

Thel. thank God. he hasn't ever had an episode as severe as Harry's down in the Gulf. she adds six inches with that hairdo. you mustn't overexert yourself. somehow; without that steady diet of tennis and swimming Valhalla Village provides she is maybe gaining weight. did I feel squeezed in ? no foot room to speak of. there are menus with choices and prices. Fiftysix last February. "You got out in time." "What's the line that comes after `Makes your eyes light up.

"Have you made love with Janice?" "Once or twice maybe. but nothing of a dude. It shuts out all the threatening things at the rim. as if his touch had been a technical question. I'll have some more macadamia nuts. to the airline we're all just numbers on the computer. The old lady was terrified of having her legs amputated at the end the way her own mother had. more hostile. already shedding a confetti of petals: they are in Heaven. That beauty who used to do the actual buying and selling. Though there is little to shop at downtown any more.

up to your chin in ostrich feathers or was it white fox? Young people now don't have that to live up to. Another young salesman. He likes cruising these streets. Nelson. and the forsythia is out." "I would have got him out. she and this guy are about the same age. It's just. Nelson will probably bitch because there's only one. ignited by one of its glints. You take care of yourself.

He wonders if Nelson keeps a roll of Life Savers in the desk the way he himself used to. but perhaps his mention of Janice is one too many. a rising above all that female muck.. "That Webb. baseball has come north ? Schmidt this year hitting two home runs in the first two games. Pru translates: "He says she gets to watch TV. You see that she does have a faint gauzy mustache; she is getting whiskery. where Mom and Pop set up their friction. The fist that impersonated a heart feels cloudy and heavy; he lowers it carefully to his side on the sheet. "They want to put some dye into my heart.