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nd itwas gone--the taste in my mouth, the horrible smell, the shimmeringdrowned face of the Negro chi Mom came from anotherworld entirely--one where the men wear Lacoste polo shirts, the womenalways wear full slips under their dresses, and everyone knows thesecond verse of Dixie by heart. They live in the woods and the shadows of the woods,but on fine summer asoernoons they come to the edge of the lake. Her lips tightened alittle more.

just motored down to see me off to Italy . She had an American flag draped over her dress. Yes, something like that, I said. A long red afterglow lingered in the sky.