Dog Tags
“He emerged from yearning infinities and pawed the telephone, remembering almost immediately who he was—existence precedes essence, but only by a second or so. His “Doctor Beer speaking” was grave, sympathetic, unresenting; he heard the complaint, prescribed, comforted the young mother, and rang off. Gray light, mizzle: six o’clock. He rose ponderously, a bear at winter’s end, and sprang the shades; the lake lay gray, pocked by raindrops, treetops poking up, gnarled diluvian hands; on a black branch a kingfisher ruled.
Benny stretched. He inhaled strenuously. He touched his toes, again, again. He twisted his torso left and right. He scraped his coated tongue on furred teeth, and resolved again to resist cigars. Barefoot he padded to the bathroom, answered other calls, showered. He shaved, whipping a bowl of soap with a badger-hair brush. He scoured his perfect teeth. He combed his undiminished hair, modestly shaggy now in the new fashion, edged artistically in silver. The finished prod...uct, naked, groomed, pleased him.MoreLess
Benny stretched. He inhaled strenuously. He touched his toes, again, again. He twisted his torso left and right. He scraped his coated tongue on furred teeth, and resolved again to resist cigars. Barefoot he padded to the bathroom, answered other calls, showered. He shaved, whipping a bowl of soap with a badger-hair brush. He scoured his perfect teeth. He combed his undiminished hair, modestly shaggy now in the new fashion, edged artistically in silver. The finished prod...uct, naked, groomed, pleased him.MoreLess
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